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AD VIRUS! NO MANAOCR Another steady but impressive Tom Glenisler month for Screen Scene. Team DIPUTY 17's excellent P ro ject X, heads Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMADVERTISING MANAGER our line up, and is supported by the equally-capable Castles SAU S IXICUT1VE K o v N j from EA, and Gremlin's Daemonsgate. A ll th is and Titus The Fox, too! ReroziSd* 4 0 PROJECT X PRODUCTION ASSISTANT EtfUrRodd 42 DAEMONSGATE
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90.251 ABC My-Ow 1991 39 Team 17'* stunning
Project X heads our reviews, and is armed to
the teeth with more missiles and guns than any
other blaster. Gremlin are equally well repre
sented, too, with Daemonsgate, Space Crusade
and the Utopia Data Disks all faring w ell. In
addition, cutesy fans w ill savour Hare Raising
Havoc and Titus The Fox.
TECHNICAL 9 9 HOLD THE
FRONT PAGE Requiring 2Mb memory as
standard. Pro Page 3 is here to revolutionise the
DTP w orlds-or is it? Will this replace the conventional Barchart? We take a look at the unusual Mathvtsion package. 103 DRIVING AMBITION Nick Veitch
takes IDE's two new Hard Drives for a spin. Are
their budget prices false economy or, indeed, a Hot on the heels of our 95% review last issue, genuine steal? Parasol Stars graces this month s disk with a superb 113 TURNING JAPANESE Is your mastery Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMfour-level demo for your delectation. In addition to of the Japanese language limited to pronounc this, w e also offer a level from Storm's In d y H e a t ing your 'R's as 'L's and, consequently, isn't velly conversion. They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. They're altogether ooky. The Addams Family. good? Mat Broomfield looks at a better option. On the serious side, we h a v e Virus Checker 5 .4 0 , 1 1 9 ALTERED IMAGERY There is only one which is the most up to date checker yet. Another seriously good image pre-processing package utility to benefit your machine is SYS I n fo 2.57, on the Amiga and its name is Art Department which offers a full check on your machine's state of Professional. Nick Veitch finds out what's new in health. Add to these Sample Maker a n d o u r Version 2.0. usual Screen and Tunes of the Month, and you're on Is your disk space getting rather limited? Then allow 1 2 1 SELF ASSEMBLY Devpac 3 is here at PowtiPacker 4 10 take the strain... to a real winner! last, courtesy of HiSoft, and looks set to become
the industry standard. As its assembly times get REGULARS 6 BUZZ quicker and the package more efficient, Nick 12 COVERDISKS 34 IN DEVELOPMENT Veitch wonders where the ARexx support is... 64 VFM 70 PTW 125 PACKING 'EM IN Memory too tight to 84 DEMOS 95 PD UTILITIES mention? Is your floppy groaning under the 132 BUYER'S GUIDE 144 Q &A strain of so many bytes and bobs? Fret not, 148 BACKCHAT 150 PROGRAMMING Buying a Hard Drive Is one ot the most Important deci Powerpacker 4 is here to help! 154 INSIDE INFO sions you'll make. CU looks al two budget options. w GARDENER'S WORLD Ever fancied yourself as a Percy Thrower, but the closest you've come to having green fingers was the last time you painted the garden furniture? Well, with the help of Codemasters, a fairy, and a mischievous goblin you can be as green as you like without reeking of while sprite. The Fairy and the Goblin have been set the task of cleaning up a sorcerer's garden which has become over-run with cute creatures. A horizontally- scrolling platform game, the player can make use of the two characters' special skills. Simply rebuild the garden and quell fhe evil creatures that do their best to ruin the horticulture. Featuring colourful sprites and backdrops, G rell a n d Fella is scheduled for a May/June release.
IFF RETURN The second title from RPG specialists, Interactive Fantasy Fiction, is T he H a nd O f SI James. Set in the days of the Tee off with U.S. sword and long bow, there are over one hundred locations to explore, including monasteries, forests, villages and good Gold... old labyrinths. Some of the interactive characters you can expect to meet are hunchbacks, monks and Innkeepers. IFF are only producing a handful of ...the 64-bit Amiga games every year, and plan to make each one as well-crafted and expertly presented as possible. Text is kept to a gets ever closer, minimum with graphics and icons used to depict the action and control the char acters respectively. The inclusion of 32-colour graphics, numerous musical Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMcourtesy of scores, atmosphere-building sound effects for 1 Mb users and an in-game help system, make the game an inter Digital... esting prospect.
•••Codemasters AROUND THE WORLD VIRUS ATTACK Unfortunately, tor many people who bought a hand scanner from Power WITH ACTIVISION Computing recently, some of the disk supplied with them Never the ones to forsake detail and geographical tend their English accoracy for gameplay, Activision are releasing contained mqre than just scanning software, A virus seems their answer to Tho Travel Program called to have found it's way onto the disks. Bushbuck. Assuming the role of an archaeologist, Country Garden... Luckily, the virus was spotted very early by an alert you must scour the world lor missing artifacts hid member of the public and Power took swift action to ensure den by the villainous Otto von Slinkenrat. The only that no more vtrused copies were distnbuted In fact, since item in your Inventory, though, Is a stack of airline ...RIP. The the virus was a very od version of Lamer, most of the cus- tickets allowing you to visit 206 of the world's most Intriguing cities. In over 175 countries. The d to k fll game ‘enhances an understanding ot global geog raphy whilst celebrating the magical places and portable is Our thanks to Mr Luxor, a regular reader of CU. who diverse cultures that make up the world’. Look out brought this (albeit small) threat to our attention for an April r decreed dead... CODE MASTERS HOVER BOVVER We've seen motorbikes, cars, boats, bicycles, and almost every other racing game known to man, but we’ve never had a hov ercraft racer, until now. With over 20 different tracks and fast-moving solid 3D vector graphics, H over Sprint can be played by one or two players (via a link up), and lets the player choose from four different craft: The Blue Flame, The Streaker 2, The Wolverine, and The Pulsar, all of which have fheir individual specifications. Codemasters expect a late March release. POSISWORIH'S HERE! If you haven't managed to catch the RUMOURMILL adventures of Postsworth and Co on There w ill be no Model 10 portable Amiga. The $1800 unit Children's television, you're missing the designed fay Kansas-based Newer Technology and due to be latest kiddy success story. Attracting distributed by Briwall has been prevented from going on sale weekly viewing figures of 5.1 million, it by Commodore. Apparently, Newer Technology denied has secured the number one slot for the Commodore access rights to the design of the portable won highest-rating cartoon show on the box. der machine and Commodore in tum refused to grant a Thus, a computer game is hard on the remanufacture licence for all the Amiga custom chips and heels of the first series’ success. ROMs required in the device. Featuring five levels of puzzles, ani mated interludes, and a choice of five Unfortunately, this looks likely to spell the end of any different characters to play. Postworth, a cutesy dog, and his human counter parts must find a way to help the ruler of the Dream Zone get a peaceful night's sleep. Hi-Tec are releasing the game, and you can expect to see asso future. ciated merchandise hit the shops A similar project by German manufacturers Gigatron also ran Into trouble roughly a accordingly. year ago.
COMPILATION SENSATION Presumed lost in the Mirrorsoft crash, Renegade will be releasing Graftgold's stunning-looking Fire And ice in May. Starring a cute little dog who pootles across a series of horizontally-scrolling levels, the game is 90% complete and should be reviewed next month. Another game scopped from the remains of Mirrorsoft is S e n s i S o c c e r, coded - surprise, surprise - by Sensible Software. This is scheduled for a Summer release, though. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMWhether Renegade have also scooped TOO RISKY S e n s i's Cannon Fodder shoot 'em up is One of the most exciting future releases yet to be announced, but Buzz reckons an announcement is imminent. comes with the announcement that Finally, the busy Wapping-based company are releasing the B itm a p s Electronic Arts are to release the plat Compilations Volumes 1an d 2. form beat 'em/ shoot 'em up, R is k y Renegade are putting together the W oods. The game features sumptuous two packs, the first of which com console-style graphics and dynamic p ris e s Speedball 2, Cadaver and gameplay to tax even the most ardent X e n o n , whilst the second houses fighting hero. A full review is imminent. Speedball, Xenon 2 a n d G od s. A lth o u g h V o lu m e 1 will be avail El SPLIT able first, for a bargain price of Entertainment International are launch- - £25.99, there's no price or release ing a new label called Arcade Masters d a te fo r V o lu m e 2 yet. to incorporate their future coin-op and arcade conversions. First out, will be two platform adventures. C ro c Tw ins and M a g ic B oy, each incorporating 80 levels of graphic fun. The ultimate aim is to leave Empire free to further estab ENTER THE lish itself as a strategy/RPG label, the Anglia Television’s adventure game K nigh tm are is returning for its sixth series. newest additions to which are the strat The program will be shown in the egy war sim, C a m p a ig n ; and th e ir new autumn of 1992 and is looking for R P G , Cyber Space. new contestants to patrol the elec PD MAGAZINE tric catacombs and solve the fiendish puzzles. If you and three A new disk-based magazine has been added to the ever-expanding PD circuit. friends are interested in participat The Missionary is h ea vily biased ing and are still under sixteen towards programming tutorials but also years of age on the first of August, encompasses games and exercises. further information and an applica The disk is available from ABOTS PD tion form phone Broadsword TV and information can be obtained by on 0603 615151. ringing 0302 887332. PGA TOUR®GOLF - NOW WITH
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B L U E S T ^A ^^)« « « Those errant musicians, Jake and Elwood, alias The Blues Brothers, are due to appear in a follow-up to their hit Titus platformer. The Blues Brothers //is currently underway at Titus's French base, with ideas currently being tested for feasibility. With Titus's newie, Titus The Fox, currently reusing several of the origi nal game's ideas (such as the box-lobbing elements and the platform basis), we doubt whether the Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMsequel follow the same pattern. One of the neatest ideas is regarding a driving the
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SIM BODY, SOMEWHERE... With French developer. Maxis, releasing S im games cover ing virtually every aspect of life, word reaches us that they are preparing S im B o d y - an everyday story of life within a human body. Quite what form the action will take is any one’s guess, but with hormone activity and blood corpsules battling away in the body, perhaps it will involve acne, AWARD WINNERS PRESENTS 4 OF THE GREATEST GAMES warts and other such pleasantries. O ur guess, though, is OF ALL TIME IN ONE FANTASTIC VALUE PACK. that it will involve battling disease and creating immunity from bacteria - the game Electronic Zoo’s G e rm C razy GO ON SEE WHAT YOUR’RE MISSING - should have been, perhaps? Whatever the result, it will AWARD WINNERS, 4 CLASSIC GAMES YOU presumably be released through Ocean sometime this year. CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT. Of course, this makes us wonder what's next. S im E g g -
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The game's digitised courses, play ers and landscapes accounted tor most of the interest shown in PC Links, as the BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER gameplay was hindered by redrawing the Digital, well-known manufacturers of mainframe equipment such as the VAX, are cur entire screen after every shot. Hopefully, rently testing their new RISC superchip. The Alpha is a 64-bit processor (the Amiga's the Amiga version will overcome this prob 68000 processor is only 16-bit) which, claim Digital, can achieve speeds of up to 300 lem. Until next month's review, though, Mips (million instructions per second) at a clock frequency of 150MHz. w e'li have to wait and see. Alpha chips have already been ordered for the first generation of Cray Research's parallel computers (due to go on sale in 1993) but it may be some time before we see Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMan Amiga invested with such power. The first problem is that the chip produces 30 VIRTUAL JUSTICE watts of heat, about the same as a dim lightbulb, which would melt away the plastic Virtual reality systems have casing. Secondly, the Alpha is being tentatively priced at $1500. made a court appearance for the first time - where else but California. Alec Jason, an expert FASTEST CD EVER Hitachi have just announced the release of a sub in ballistics, put together a 90 300 millisecond CD ROM drive. This is an important advance as the speed of data transfer critical to multimedia applications, espe second computer generated vir cially those which are trying to use real tual movie to demonstrate the tim e video animation. murder of Artie Mitchell, The CDR-3750 is a standard SCSI allegedly shot by his business device and so can be connected to any Amiga with a SCSI port. 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New features will 24-pin potentially useful feature, whereby the include ARexx support, graduated fills p rin ter p rin ter ana lyse s th e d a ta being sent to it and a hot link to Professional Page 3.0 am ongst and then decides which industry stan (reviewed elsewhere in this issue). A m iga dard printer you think it is. Star are on ow ners. 0494471111. Sounds sexy, look out for a review soon. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM ON YOUR DISKS SCREEN O F THE MONTH w nother month, Created by M ark Thom as another selection o f P on thir in A N ewport, of top quality util 'Fishy' demon strates how ities. This month we eftective half-brite interlace mode can be. The impact ol his work is also provide the latest increased with the central image left uncluttered by unnecessary back and greatest virus grounds. The unusual choice of subject matter, combined with a great sense of checker, and the motion assured Mark of victory. There’s a subscription on its way. most up-to-date ver TUNE OF THE MONTH s io n o f S y s ln fo - Compelition was especially hot this monlh, but the honours were laken by . . . :K-. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMRonan Pearce of Ardilea in Ireland. He which lets you check sent in eight tunes, and they were so w h e l m s - < good we felt impelled to put two on the that your Amiga is in disk. The first is called Fossilised, can be heard whilst the disk is loading. The A1 condition. Music other is for 1 Mb owners, and is loaded from the main menu. It takes about makers will find thirty seconds to decompress, so be patient. For more information on this tal Sample Maker ented musician, check out the lead fe a tu r on page 22. invaluable for creat SAMPLE MAKER 1.0 ing Synth Sounds for If you want to create your own samples, but are on a tight budget, this is the use in programs solution. Sample Maker lets the user create such a s MED and synth samples generated solely by the Amiga’s custom hardware. These Future Sound. occupy less memory than their sampled equivalents, but their normal lack of On the games side, quality previously made them unusable Until now, samples made using the Amiga's custom - but no longer. Sample Maker offers hardware have been unusable duo to a lack ot quality. we have four levels one of many basic or complex wave fo rm s fo r use a s th e b asis fo r your of Ocean's 95%- sound. This waveform can then be mod ified in a variety of ways to create more a w a rd e d P a ra s o l original effects. Each sound is divided into 128 parts, and a different waveform S ta rs , p lu s a can be used for each, thus creating a composite which can be as subtle or playable level from abrasive as you like. Once a sound has been defined, a further range of effects S to rm 's In d y H e a t can then be applied, including filtering, fading and vibrato (which makes the conversion. sound pulsate). The sounds can also be saved for use in packages such as c B v f f S onix, M E D a nd Future Sound. Once the program has loaded, the current waveform appears to the right of IF YOUR DISK W ON'T LOAD? the screen, and clicking on the adjacent In the unlikely event of your CU disk not loading, remove all external up/down arrows will alter it. In the centre of the screen are 128 boxes, which ini cartridges and peripherals and try again. If it s till won t load, pop the 30 31 tially display '00'. Reading from right to offending disk in an envelope and address it to: CU DISK RETURNS, left and top to bottom, these represent PC Wise Merthyr Industrial Park, Pentreebach, Mid Glamorgan . CF48 4DR the parts of a sample, and each can contain a different waveform if required. They w ill then test the disk and send a replacement as soon as possible. Ring the PC Wise Click on any box to transfer the cur rently-selected waveform to that part of Helpline for any urgent problems. It's open between 10:30 and 12:30 during weekdays and the sample. As you do so, the sample can be reached on: (0443) 693233. Whilst CU Amiga makes every effort to check cover disks will be displayed as a waveform in the for all known viruses, we can accept no responsibility for possible damage caused by viruses black w in d o w a t th e b ottom o f the screen. which may have escaped our attention. To listen to the sound, click on one of the three 'play' buttons. Each of the ascending buttons plays at a higher will then check the boot-block, and spot checked from the VC menu. Click on the octave, and if you want the sound to last if anything is amiss. If it encounters an VC title bar to activate it, and press the longer, click the ‘Loop’ button to play it unknown bootblock, it will give you the right mousebutton before selecting continuously. option of installing a standard one over ‘Link/File scan'. You’ll be prompted to Three effects can be added to the the top of it or will learn the new boot enter a device name for the drive which sound: fade, filter and vibrato. Each of block. Be warned! A non-standard boot needs checking. Click ‘Check Drive' and these has separate panels to specify block does not necessarily mean a the disk in the specified drive will be how acutely the effect is applied. For virus. Many commercial programs use checked. If a virus is encountered, it will example: to add a fade, use the fade in, non-standard boot-blocks, and these will automatically be removed provided the fade out, begin and end buttons to be permanently destroyed if you install a disk is unprotected. define it, then click 'do fade’ to actually standard one on top of them. If in doubt, Because many viruses are also alter the sample. Then, to save your don't take the chance, as we can't be memory resident, there’s also a sound, simply select the 'Save' box and held responsible for any damage that 'Memory Scan' option which lets you give the sample a name and device m a y occur. check that the memory is clean. name in the box which appears. By selecting 'Learn', VC will remem Longer instructions are given at the ber an unknown boot-block, and will SYS INFO 2.57 start of the program. Once you’ve treat it as safe if it encounters it again. This great program will tell you every flicked through this using the left mouse You should take care not to make the thing that you could possibly want to button, press the right mouse button program learn boot-blocks that you're know about your Amiga, ranging from Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMand the program will load. not sure about, though, as it could be a the type of chips it's using, to the speed virus. of its memory. On loading, you’ll be VIRUS CHECKER 5.40 The other two classifications of virus greeted by an information screen show As new viruses appear on a monthly - link/file and Saddam viruses - can be ing the most frequently-needed basis, the need for regularly-updated virus checkers becomes apparent. V irus Checker 5.40 (VC) is th e latest, and checks for more viruses than any other. What's more, it's extremely easy to use. The Amiga equiv When it loaded, it automatically alent of a regular checks the current drives for infected check-up, Sys Into offers a com disks, informing you about its current plete study of activity in a small bar near the top of the your Amiga's performance. Among Its many options, it can check the machine's mem ory, boards, and drives for any anomolalies. LOADING YOUR DISKS Simply insert the disks into your Amiga's internal drive and they will boot automatically. On loading, each disk will reveal a menu which details the screen. Because there are several clas contents of the disk. Simply press the function key relevant to the package sifications of virus, the program has to you wish to use and it will load. If it fails to do so, turn the machine off for be used twice per disk to provide a com fifteen seconds before rebooting the disk. In addition, remove any external plete check. Boot viruses are the simplest type, and these can be hunted cartridges, drives and printers if any further problems occur. by inserting a disk whilst VC is loaded. It II SERIES 2 SCSI GVP ZORRO I I HENRY BOARD GVP All the utility's options are shown In list torm. II* suit Kill WIKI V RKH tiik Kiat no m o ra kkx n iw /ii* m He litk ImkIM num tm K lia MH anas hcthj ta iik KKltO KKKt IM JI CTVDI ■ It HIM Niftt no m mr • The speed of your machine can be checked, too. IN D Y HEAT Another addition to the lengthy list of Supersprint clo ne s, in d y H e a t features some of the most torturous tracks you could ever expect to see. The coin-op nmttu mmt* se qu el to iron Man Stewart's Super Off- Road To Nowhere... R o a d R acer, In d y H e at is viewed from Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMabove the detailed circuit, with the four Our one-level dem o features f f l racers waiting on the starting grid. the basic ring track, but The equivalent ot your Amiga saying 'Ah!' Pressing forward on the joystick acceler there’s plenty to see and do... a te s y o u r ch ose n ve h icle w h ils t the information. At the bottom of this screen directional controls steer it. Meanwhile, Q The Pits - stop here for are six buttons which offer access to two other players can participate using a essential repairs. Whenever your o th e r type s o f system check: second joystick and the keys. car so much as touches their Memory - will tell you the location and Our disk features the first track, and colour-related square, it's auto type of memory available in your Amiga. opens with a vehicle selection screen m atically dragged in for repairs, where the players can choose and equip Boards - tells of any extras, such as so be careful if using the space their-cars. Higher performance can be PC emulators. for a short cut. In addition, whilst gained by buying tyres, engines, and the passing through, remember to Drives - gives detailed information on like, and your speed can be boosted fur give your opponents a quick push any drive currently connected, and clar ther by purchasing nitro canisters for s t a r t ! ifies the status of any disks in them. that little extra 'oomph'. The race takes place over four laps, and the basic idea Q Short Cuts - these may not Speed - runs a diagnostic check on the is to career around the track in as short be im m ediately apparent, but by processor speed of your Amiga, giving a time as possible, whilst keeping an slipping between trees or build the comparative output at the bottom left eye out for the cash bags and extra ing, a useful advantage can be o f th e screen. nitros which appear randomly. In addi gained over your not-so-daring tion, there are a couple of sneaky Print - outputs a summary of the cur opponents. Be careful the grass short-cuts for the eagle-eyed racer to rent system information to the printer between doesn't slow you down, (v ia prt:). find. th o u g h . As you wind your way past the other Select Quit to leave the program. o Your Opponents - a wily cars, damage is incurred and you may bunch, who are of equal intelli P L E A S E N O T E : If you want to use the need to effect repairs in the pitstop for a gence and skills to yourself. As while. Whilst this does waste time, each printer option, load the program via you get better, so do they. But car will have to come in for repairs after Workbench. To do this, load your Workbench a while, and a dishonest driver may be their tricks get dirtier... disk, before inserting your coverdisk. Double inclined to knock their opponent out of Q Start/Finish Line - marks click on the CU30 icon, then again on the their pits with a crafty shunt... the start of the race, the end of a Sysinfo icon. The program w ill then load with The first boy-racer to complete the lap and, indeed, the end of the the print option enabled. predetermined number of laps and r a c e . Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM "BLACK CRYPT” ■ IF YOU LIKE YOUR DUNGEONS DRIPPING W ITH MONSTERS. The "Black Crypt" ™ positively oozes with twenty five of Y our task is to lead an intrepid band o f adventurers to the most hideous and despicably cunning monsters. retrieve the mystical artifacts that may hold the power of They await you in a dozen plague-ridden inter the four Guardians and provide your only chance of connecting dungeons, on 20 spell binding levels. saving the world from evil. The most heinous among them is the Dark Lord The "Black Crypt" is the most electrifying fully Estoroth, who, many centuries ago, had been banished from animated dungeon adventure, with exceptionally detailed the land b y jo u r Guardians w ith awesome rotating point-of-view perspective. ^supernatural powers. In the process, the It features real-time combat and spell-casting, all in Guardians and their weaponry had been 64 colour extra half-brite Amiga graphics. 'i lost. But be warned, you enter this breeding ground of evil N o w Estoroth is back, seeking a ghastly at your own peril. And hopefully not on a full stomach. revenge against a defenceless people. IE I. ■ C T R • N I c: ARTS 6 £25.99 Electronic Am, Langley Business Centre, 11 *49 Station Rd, Langley, Berks SL3 8YN, Available on Amiga. Tel: 07S3 549442, Fax: 0753 546672 th e b it m a p b i- o t h x e n o n cad u e r p e e d b a I I 2 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM « * * V u o I u lit e I ★ O R E JfMISt & ATARI THE TOTAL PITS FJRE Before the race begins, 'Iron Man’ himself offers advice regarding spares for your car. Indy H e a ts shop & has more car-related goodies than Halfords, and allows you to buy speed-boosting nitros, better grip tyres, and more powerful engines - » e r # cash permitting, of course. Careering around the circuit can One or two players can play our demo, cause untold damage to your fragile and will assume the roles of Bub and vehicle, and the occasional respite at Bob respectively. Using a joystick, the the pits is recommended. However, little heroes must be guided across the platform-laden screens whilst avoiding valuable time is wasted whenever a contact with the assorted trumpets, stop is necessitated, so whenever pianos and accordions who plod your opponents take a break, slam towards you. If, however, a nasty gets too close, simply press the firebutton to into them to knock them out of the Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMsweep them up on top of your brolly repair shop and back in the race! and fling them across the screen. In addition to killing anything in their way, the deposed nasty will also turn into a bonus goody awaiting your attention. As well as killing the nasties by flinging them around, both Bub and Bob can lob each other around the screen or use them to collect water globules which, when six are amassed, create a massive water ball which can be used to flush out any errant creatures. A screen is completed when all the nasties within have been killed. Bub make it past the finishing post is the win and Bob will then have a few scant ner, and will earn a considerable reward. seconds within which to gather as The demo will then restart - you'd better many of the remaining goodies as pos get the bubbly on ice... sible. After this, they are whisked away to the next area, where even more PARASOL STARS ' weird and wonderful bonuses and Water, Water,'Everywhere... Having freed the people of R a in bo w creatures await you... W ater drips fall periodically from Islands, Parasol Stars follows Bub and above, and Bub and Bob can use Bob's fortunes as they once again battle these to their advantage. As well as the forces of evil - and our disk features Whilst every attempt is made IMPORTANT! collecting them individually and a taster of what to expect. Scoring a to ensure that the contents of the coverdisks match throwing them across the screen to massive 95% last issue, P ara s o l S ta rs is the details given on the labels and in the magazine, we cannot he held responsible for any last-minute clear any oncoming nasties out of a mixture between Bubble Bobble and changes. In addition, although our disks are also the way, by gathering six on your Rainbow, with the bubble and rainbow checked thoroughly tor viruses, we cannot be respon brolly, a massive ball of w ater is weaponry of the first two games sible for any damage caused by the contents of the built up. Pressing fire will then replaced by the parasols of the title. disk. If you have problems regarding your disks, release it, sending a stream of Our demo contains four levels from please DON'T call the CU Office as there's very little w ater across the many ledges, the first world, and pits you against the we can do. Instead, ring PC Wise using the number sweeping up anything in its path - renegade inhabitants of Music World. listed in the WONT LOAD? panel. Thank you. as seen in Bubble Bobble. I G H QUALITY SCSI-Hard Disk Drives w ith Amiga0 -Controller tor the A 1500, A 2000 V (as Filecard) and A 500 (in external metal box I all autoconfigurating and autobooting! SEAGATE 33 MB, 28 ms QUANTUM 52 MB, 17 ms- QUANTUM 105 MB, 17 ms- I f (? •64 K CACHE Memory Expansions lor the A 500: RAM 512 k J r H R AM 2 MB both expansions with clock, on/off-switch. autoconlign • I | 0 waitstates. 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For Pre-registration tickets to the Spring Computer Shopper Show, please complete the coupon below and return to: Olympia Box Office, Earls Court & Olympia Ltd, Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA Spring Computer Shopper - Pre-registration Form Name__ 25% DISCOUNT Address Beat the Queues Postcode______- Book early I enclose a cheque made payable to Computer Shopper Show i - l - . l l H ' Adult £6.00 (£4.50 in advance) For £______for______tickets Pleasedebit my VISA/Access card Under 16-£4.00 (delete as appropriate) S H O W ^ (£3.00 in advance) Card No______Expiry date______Signature______Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM £ LET THERE BE SOURCES FOR COURSES t* ■»!«* ,n*. 5 SO U N D W t j i ^ u ...... * “ r i f f - ...... lem facing would-be Amiga sample eiperts becomes o - ® The first home computers had sound quality or the tour-channel play back no sound capability at all. Many restriction, but that ol just what to sample. It soon ol those around today still have little or none. This p p m w m becomes dear how hatd it is to get good-quality samples is a shame, as to some people good sound quality Irom normal sources. Luckily, help is at hand in the lorm is as important as 256 colours in hi-res mode. Still, m m ol either specially-produced sample CDs or In Ihe guise we mustn't dwell on the misfortune of olhers, The KggnuvuLji.i» i .. i------;— riigifcfeWa— ol presampled disks. Amiga's excellent sound capacity is largely thanks m a w if ■ ■ . 4 i to the Paula chip. Instead of just bunging in a pro r i CL3J1E3 n . One such example ol the lormer variety ol helping ______m d [ ] r : i . hand Is Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples-th e first In Ihe grammable voice generator which modulates a ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ - ! no. i - i » n ■ i HltSound Producer series of CDs tram The Advanced sine wave. Ihe Amiga has what amounts to an 8-bit Media Croup. Containing over 1000 dilferent samples ol DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter!. So the basic nrac= G 3H E5 EZ Ea varying degrees of uselulness. drey have been compiled unit of sound on the Amiga is not a set of envelope Irom Ihe personal sample library ol Pascal Gabriel, a instruclions, but a sample and the way to obtain dance musician and producer who has worked with Ihe new sounds is by sampling ously consider sampling from. The first is using a likes ol S'Fxpress. Bomb Ihe Bass, and New Order. high-quality microphone (for 'high qualify’ read Five tracks ol digital dala are provided lor download SO WHAT IS SAMPLING? 'costs a bit more than the £4.95 ones you can get ing inlo AKAI SI000/S950-dedicaled samplers. Belore Sampling is a method of examining a waveform at at Tandy’) to capture the sound of an acoustic you start gelling any bright ideas lhal this seems a lot very small intervals (typically 16000 times a sec instrument. Obviously, there has to be a point simpler than using Amiga sampling packages - but ond) and storing a digital representation of Ihe where someone does this, otherwise there would remember Ihe AKAI machines cost about £1000 and that waveform at these points in memory or on disk. All never be any samples of orchestras, pianos and the you can't play Lolas Turbo Challenge on Ihem. computers are capable of this, but where the like, but my advice is to leave it to people with the In addition lo instrument and percussion sounds. Ihe Amiga comes into its own is by the use of the spe sort of money to hire out a professional 24-track disk Includes high-quality percussion and rythym tracks, although Ihe opening 'Crackly Loop' is just dial. Also cial soundchips allowing you to play back the recording studio for a few weeks to get it right included are various short vocal hooks mostly ol ihe Ooh' samples at very high quality. Alter all. no matter (sampling pianos is notoriously difficult), and stick and 'Aah' variety, and other vocal sounds lound on most how high the quality of a 44.4kHz sample, it's not to the second acceptable sampling source. dance records. Mosl ol Ihe sounds are fairly new. Ihe much use if it sounds like a frog in a wet paper bag The second source of action is to sample direct only exception being ‘Stressed Out* which tint appeared when you replay it! from CD. Several specially-recorded CDs are avail on Haze's 'Break For Love' and countless olhers. The At present, the Amiga is only capable of replay able specifically aimed at samplers, and many drum sounds provided are wide ranging, Irom very early ing 8-bit samples. This means that, no matter how commercial recordings havo tracks from which boom-chlkka-chlkka lo very ambient-sounding percus high the sampling rate and no matter how good percussion sounds and, other instruments can be sion. and II you can't llnd a bass drum sound you like you can get the Signal-to-Noise ratio, you aren't obtained - although you must remember that Irom those available, then you don't like music. quite going to achieve CD-quality audio from your despite the proliferation of stolen sounds in the Many ol Ihe synthesizers which have been sampled Amiga - unlike the dedicated serious-cash sam pop charts over the last few years, if is still techni are relerred lo explicitly with 'Famous Names' Including pling hardware from the likes of AKAI. Ensoniq and cally illegal to sample other peoples' material PPG and Juno getting a look in. Several ol Ihe synlh- Roland. But don't get too disappointed, as it may unless they explicitly give you permission. It is sounds take Ihe Amigas sound chips lo Ihe limit, with Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMsoon be possible that we'll see 16-bit Amiga sound worth noting here that many sound-effect type 'Coneblower- being Ihe mosl notable. hardware become a reality. After all, it was 8-bit CDs, such as those produced by the BBC, are not Mosl ol the sounds are mono, apart Irom those recorded using Ihe RSS system. Roland Sound Space is a sampling technology that brought success to the copyright free -- the sounds remain the property of new audio process developed by Roland lo allow sounds likes of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Art Of the manufacturer, making you wonder what sort of lo be positioned and moved wilhin a 3D soundlleld. You Noise. In fact, all samplers superimpose their indi person buys a sound-effect CD just to put it on and must sample In stereo lo gel it lo work, and II won'l work vidual 'feel' to the sounds they produce, and Ihe play at home for listening enjoyment! through headphones (but wearing headphones lo listen lo Amiga sounds better than the original 8-bit The same cannol be said of samples, which are the extreme stereo separation ol Ihe Amiga's oulpul is lor Fairlight machines which used to cost about positively identifiable as having come from a spe masochists, anyway). The effect varies Irom sample lo £13000! cific recording artist. Some artists don't seem to sample, but is occasionally quite spectacular. The RSS You may think to yourself 'why bother sam mind (James Brown hasn't complained too much samples can be used to provide a real sense ol 'space' in pling things when there are plenty of sounds about Funky Drummer') but some get very Ihe final mix, but since they Ue up Iwo ol Ihe Amiga's available by taking apart tunes-of-the-month and stroppy about it, such as the case in 1987 when sound channels. Ihey're only worth considering il you're doing the rounds on the PD circuit'. The major rea the Justified Ancients of MuMu (aka The KLF) were using other instruments as well. son is quality. In the search for more and more forced to bum all existing copies of their first Even il you already have a drum machine, Ihe samples to pinch from various places, you'll rarely album as a result of a court action started by Abba, chances are that il will be restricted to Ihe usual bass, come across a bass drum sound that Isn't 35% who weren't at all keen on the inclusion of a snare, loms and cymbals. The solution is provided here hiss, and it's a rarer occasion when you'll lengthy sample from 'Dancing Queen'. In Ihe lorm ol Ihe exotic percussion loops which can be encounter a brass sound that doesn't sound like Legal niceties aside, remember to keep noise to used lo greal effect, adding loads ol atmosphere lo an otherwise rubbish lune. II you're serious about using your It's been ripped from Lemmings. Quite simply, you an absolute minimum by ensuring the CD signal Amiga as a sampling inslrumenl. then this sort ol sound can do much better, providing you have access to level is at a suitable level. Too high and you get source Is delinilely Ihe way to go. and provides a wel a sampling hardware/software package of some distortion problems; too low and you get problems come rellel Irom my longstanding problem ol how to description. I use Maslersound hardware and run with noise build-up as your sampling software tries obtain a decent version ol Ihe drum-ioop used on Soul lo Audition 4. but similar results can be achieved via to compensate for the incoming signal level. Soul's 'Keep on Movin' without 50ms ol lemale vocal just about any combination. creeping In a l Ihe end ol each loop! The first thing to remember when trying to cre HOW TO SAMPLE Fans ol early 80s industrial noise bands such as Test ate your own samples is the GIMGTYMTO rule - an The major consideration at the software end of the Department and Elnslurzende Neubalen are also calered acronym of Garbage In - More Garbage Than You quality chain is the sampling rate. Typical rates lor with sounds such as 'Radiator 1-16' and ‘Electro Might Think Out1. Meaning that, even if you think vary between 4kHz and 44kHz, with 16 KHz the Kitchen'. My only gripe is Ihe lack ol a decent llalo-House any given sample is pretty much hiss or noise free, most favoured rate. There is a trade-off here piano sound, bul I suppose you can't have everything. by the time you stick it through OclaMED or between quality and the size of the sample pro Soundtrackermth a dozen other samples, each duced - it can be annoying to create a perfect with their own little bit of noise that doesn't really snare sound only to find it occupies 25K of mem matter', the resulting ensemble can end up sound ory/disk space! ing like Extreme Noise Terror on acid. However, memory can be saved without too much deterioration in sound quality by sampling at WHERE TO SAMPLE a high rate and reducing the rate using the soft Consequently, there are only two sources to seri ware's resample' option - in fact, bass sounds can > major chord with a minor chord played four semi sound advice tones up, you get a major 7th. Before long, you'll build up a decent sample be improved using this technique. All the sam library. Separale your samples into drawers of dif pling packages I have used allow the user to edit ferent categories of sample (one drawer for bass I f f THERH the sample currently in memory. You can use this sounds, one for percussion, and one for guitar teature to chop oft bits of noise and silent areas sounds, for example). In the interests of space, SAMPLING o t tht trom the beginning and end ot your sample. Most and ultimately quality it's always a good idea to c c f i j j Y ou 've g o t yo u r sam- S our have lading etlects that allow you to cut an overty- delete sounds that are too noisy. Otherwise, there's / f pies, but that isn't the Am ig long sample down to a more manageable size, and always the temptation to use them, and many end of it all. Each sam C i still keep a natural-sounding ending. Most will also potentially good tunes are spoilt by a hissing sam ple may be the Teijo allow you to loop various parts of the sample, cre ple. equivalent of an instrument, but you'll p ack ating the effect of a long sample but using the With a bit of imagination, the Amiga is capable have to cobble them all together with a frequ memory requirements of the short original. of stunning stereo sample effects. It’s possible to sequencing package before you can of thi Another option often provided is the ability to create stereo samples even if you don’t have a produce real music (or unreal music a nd I mix two samples together. This is one ot the most stereo sampler as long as your softv/are is up to it. depending on taste). There are a large Octa useful fools for creating professional-sounding You can usually copy a mono sample to both sides number ot excellent packages available, budg samples. For instance, almost every bass sound of a stereo one, and process the left and right but unless you are turning pro in a big relea can be greatly Improved by mixing it with the same channels slightly differently, thus creating the way it is worth starting off with some of sample played an octave higher, giving a much 'fat stereo effect (fading in from Ihe left channel and the excellent Shareware packages ME ter' analogue synth-type sound. Alternatively, if you out from the right creates a right-to-left panning around - the notorious Soundtracker Teijc sampled a decent major or minor chord from effect), and applying a different amount of chorus clones. Generally regarded as the best desp somewhere, you can create a range of different or flanging to each channel of a chord sample can chords by mixing the chord sample with itself create a thick, ethereal sound if you're lucky! played at a different rate - for instance, if you mix a FLOPPY NOISES One way ol obtaining professlonal-quality samples is by taking them from special CDs, such as the Zero-G Datafile 1 Breakbeat collection of disks, five floppies pro TRY IT YOURSELF duced by Eddie Stratton, the man behind various dance hits recorded under such names as 'Man 1 Unlike other Soundtracker clones, Machine' and 'Jack’n’Chiir. OctaMED offers the user a huge number Each disk contains 10-15 IFF format Amiga samples which vary in size from 8000 to 100000 of tools to make editing easier. These bytes. The 70 or so samples provided here are taken from the equivalent Zero-G Datafile CD which tend to make the display seem a little contains about 1000 sounds, and all hot five of the samples are drum and percussion loops. daunting, but there's no real need to be The samples are very professional sounding, even when played through the super-sub-miniature afraid - it's not half as difficult to use as Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMloudspeaker contained in most monitors. However, the lack of any actual Instrument sounds on the it looksl disks means that you must already have an existing sample library, or you intend to use your Amiga as a rythym unit in conjunction with other MIDI equipment. 2 Before you start working on a tune, The drum loops have all been very professionally prepared, with the Signal to Noise Ratio kept you’ll need to load an instrument or sam as high as reasonably possible In an 8-blt sampling environment, and all the loop start and end ple. Do this by clicking 'SLIST', and points have been well thought out. I didn't come across any major looping problems even when select the sound you want to load Into the playing the samples well outside ot their intended range, and timing wasn't a problem with any of current Instrument position. the software I used [OctaMED, Muslc-X, and Sequencer One), and glitch-free synchronisation with MIDI Is fairly easy to achieve with a few trial and error modifications to the tempo. Almost all the rhythms are of the 3 Once you've loaded a sound, c lic k on dance variety, although Swing-Beat and ‘E’ (Edit) and you're ready to enter notes. 678 rhythms are few and far between. The main part ol the screen is reserved Thus, if New Jack Is your thing you may (or this purpose, and is divided into four be disappointed. The 4/4 rhythms con blocks representing the four sound chan centrate mainly on the Hip-Hop and nels. It's also divided into lines so you R'n'B/Acid Jazz grooves, with House and can specily how long each note should Hardcore rhythms also represented. However this does limit their use in the production of original- sounding material somewhat. In addition to the rythym sam ples, there are also five vocal hooks and effects contained in the 'DEMO' drawer on disk five. Although these are again I______I ______very professional sounding and provide a change to the percussion, they could play for. You can move the red outline hardly be described as original ,with the cursor around this area freely, allowing 'Ooh-la-la' from Dee-llght's 'Groove Is In you to edit different parts of each note. The Heart' and C&C Music Factory's 'Everybody Dance Now' being far too obvious to use again on original material. 4 Notes are shown as letters, numbers These disks make a good addition to an existing Amiga/MIDI instrument set-up, but if you are and characters, and the position where fair wishing to make music on just the Amiga alone, though, their use is severely limited, and it might you entered it w ill look something like have been a better idea for Zero-G to have released a package with a greater number of disks and this: C#1 10C08. OCC samples, despite the inevitable cost penalty this would incur. 5 The first three characters (C#1) name (qu very complicated when you're learning requester has been transformed, and to use it. For this reason, the new ver now appears to be styled on Kickstart sion features new lay-outs, and is far 2.0 - even for 1.3 owners. Finding, load more user-friendly than previous ones. ing, and saving files has been made far An extra effects character has been faster and friendlier than before. REBE MUSIC added to each note, too, giving a total of The Edit screen reveals another extra four. To cram in these extra characters, option called MAP2 which lets you ol these is MED. the incredible the overscan option has been used, and switch between user-defined keymaps Soundtracker derivative so ld by slicker graphics have been used to so that single-key sequences can be Amiganuts. accompany this change. assigned. The MISC menu also displays Created by Finnish programmer, The package now supports nine a cluster of useful new features, replac Teijo Kinnunen, it started life as a PD octaves, which means that anything that ing the pointless and irritating JUMP package in 1990, and has undergone can be played on a piano can be option that used to be there. It's nice to frequent upgrades. The most important entered directly into O claM E D . For see that available memory is now con of these was the inclusion of eight-track musicians, this is probably the most stantly displayed on-screen. I think that and MIDI support, transforming it into exciting feature of all, as it enables them this feature should be obligatory for all OclaMED. OclaMED Professional 3.0, a to convert tunes directly from sheet 'serious' software. budget-priced package, is set for m u sic to O cla M E D with no orchestration Overall, the latest version of this release shortly, here's what it will do... or instrument adjustment. already terrific package looks great. The Talking of instruments, the Instrument extra octaves are a massive plus, and MEDITATIONS Editor has also been spruced up, with the new file requester is light years bet Teijo has recognised the fact that the inclusion of video-style controls for ter. despite its power, O cla M E D appears searching through sample lists. The file Step by Step the entered note, in this case C sharp. also specify The number 1 indicates the note's octave elfects such because the note C sharp can be played as slide, at live places on the keyboard, each one pitch bend, at a higher pitch than the one before. and arpeg gio. 8 The num Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMber of blank between notes (— 00000) represents the length order in which these patterns play can be of time they'll play lor. So, if you want a specified in the pattern play list, and the long note, leave a number of lines. beauty ol this system is that the same Octave 1 is the lowest. pattern can be made to play several 9 Each of the four note blocks represents times within a song without having to 6 The computer keyboard is laid out like a a different sound channel and, because reenter its notes each time. two-octave piano. The T key is equiva Ihe Amiga is capable of stereo, you need That's all there is to it. There are lent to the note 'C', and each successive to think about the way you want your many ways that note entry can be sim pli key is a note higher than the one before. music to come out of a pair ol speakers. fied, thanks to OclaMED's advanced The next keyboard row (from 'A' to #') is Notes entered in the two outside blocks editing tools, but the basics are more or lor sharp or flat notes, the same as the " w ill come out ol one side, whilst notes less the same as all Soundtracker black keys on a piano. The whole layout entered in the inside ones w ill come clones: choose an instrument, enter the is repeated another octave higher, start from the ing at the letter 'Q', and the number '2'. 7 The first digit of the remaining charac 10 As I m en ters (1) shows the instrument number tioned, the fou r blocks are divided Into up to 255 lin e s. A group ol lour blocks is called a pat tern, and a song usually consists ol currently used, whilst the last four con several patterns linked together. Each notes, add any special effects if tain special information about the way pattern is numbered and, as you’re edit required, link Ihe created pallerns, and that the note is to be played. In our case, ing a song, you can move between save the song. That's it (loud fanfare)! 0C08 means play the note at volum e 8, patterns as each one is completed, End of story! (quietly). However, these characters can adding new ones when necessary. The W h o C a n Save C ivilization F r o m T h e M o s t D e st r u c t iv e F o r c e O n Ea r t h ? A fe'vy thousand1years ago,"Atlantis sank to iht> ocean flo o r.W ith it sank the secret of the most destructive force oil earth. But the Nazis have rediscovered the hist Kingdom, and they'll soon have a bomb which can end W orld War II in fifteen minutes. 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Sometimes an extra live in the hate you. through port (THRU) is used to echo infor o_ real world. mation to equipment which doesn't need, We know Haven’t you always or can't have, an OUT. you don't necessarily want wanted to appear on Top Each tim e a key on a MIDI keyboard is to spend vast wodges ol ol the Pops, surrounded pressed, the keyboard's internal computer cash getting what you want, by dry ice, wearing sun (and they all have computers of differing and we also know that you glasses and prodding a don't want pages ot banal huge black keyboard? complexities) sends a packet of informa technical detail. So, Haven't you secretly tion along the MIDI line. This packet instead ol the usual dreary yearned to produce your consists of a 'note on' message, which is drivel, here is how you can own album and write a collection of three bytes - one to say REALLY start to make obscure messages on the 'this is a note on message', one to say some incredible music. inlay? Don't you just think which key was pressed, and one more to You've already taken Kylie Minogue is crap? say how hard the key was pressed. the tirst step - you have If this message is received by another an Amiga, and as you THE YEAR OF piece of equipment - a sound module, for should know by now, the THE A M IG A example - another note In the same key Amiga has the best sound capabilities of any Due to a careless mistake w ill spring forth. Now, this is clever stuff, home computer. If you know what music you made by Commodore |yup. they're not infalli because even If your keyboard was a like and what music you don't like, you’ve ble after all - did someone mention CDTV?), Casio and the sound module was a Roland, already mastered step two. The third step? the Amiga was not designed with MIDI ports everything w ill s till work. If MIDI ‘note on' Easy - it's called MIDI. as standard. This lack of foresight opened the messages aren't enough, you can even On the technical side, suffice to say that way for the Atari ST to become the most pop MIDI is a Good Thing, possibly one o l the ular 16-bit music computer, which is a bit of a send ‘note o ff’ ones, too. And if THEY best things that's ever happened where musi pity. aren't enough, you can control volume, cal instruments are concerned. For a start, the ST's own sound-producing modulation, sustain, aftertouch, stereo Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMHere's what MIDI can do: capabilities harked back to the bad old days pan and a host of other effects which are of the BBC model 8 and Amstrad CPC (ping, easier to hear than explain. 1. MIDI can help you produce music that zap, pop). Secondly, expanding them with Even better, these control messages actually sounds musical. No talen t is extra memory, hard drives and faster proces can be captured by a computer program. required. No piano lessons are needed. Can sors was a pain. Once the messages are in memory they you c lic k your fingers? You’ve got rythym! Luckily, things are changing. Musicians can be chopped and changed until they are moving away from the ST and looking for turn out the way you wanted them in the 2. MIDI w ill allow you to find new and new computers to experiment with. The firs t place. Most of these programs, exciting ways of spending large amounts of Amiga? Well, partly. Unfortunately, a lot of called 'Sequencers', w ill allow you to edit money on wonderful black boxes w ith the poor dumb fools still need to spend more everything In a lovely cross between flashing lights and five-pin din plugs. money than they need and buy Macs and PCs. However, a sizeable proportion are dis proper musical notation and an a rt pack 3. MIDI w ill open up a new world of glossy covering that the Amiga isn't the games age. After a few hours use, everything monthly magazines for you to choose from. console they first thought it was. Thanks to starts to sound frighteningly professional. this obvious discovery, this year will be a You may wonder what’s to stop every 4. MIDI can make you feel great. great year for Amiga music. Intrument In the MIDI set-up setting off every other instrument as soon as a single 'note on' message Is received. Good point. Each instrument Is also given an address, called the MIDI channel, in the range 1 to EXAMPLE SET-UPS Giving your Amiga MIDI potential is going to cost you. Are 16 (or sometimes 0-15). This means that If you ready for this? Be warned1 it may shock you: £14. Considering a game will cost you your drum machine is programmed to upwards of £30, a MIDI Interface must be the Amiga bargain of the decade. respond to channel 16, only data aimed How much you spend after that is up to you. Here are some example equipment lists, and specifically at channel 16 w ill trigger it. their approximate prices. Remember - you can get some real bargains in the second-hand And that's a ll there is to MIDI. market, so halve the price of most set-ups if you don't mind dog-eared instruction manuals. SET-UP 1: The Beginner keyboard (e.g. a Casio or Yamaha advertised in Hardware: Apart from your Amiga, none. local paper). Software: Latest version ol MED. Software: MED Comment: With MED you get a four-track, multi- Misc: Simple mono mixer needed to combine timbral sampling instrument. You can produce Amiga and keyboard. good enough music to fool 9/10 people into think Comment: Now you can use the Amiga's ing they’re listening to the radio. voices, plus the sounds provided by the keyboard. Total Cost: Practically nothing. As a bonus, you can enter MEDs notes on the SET-UP 2 : Getting Interested musical keyboard. Hardware: MIDI interface, second-hand MIDI SET-UP 5: In Too Deep Hardware: MIDI intedace, multi-timbral synth sound artftee module, drum machine, good keyboard. Hard disk for the Amiga. Total Cost: around £80 Software: KCS, Steinberg LET1HE Mlsc: Stereo mixer, effects box, loadsa cables. SET-UP 3t Delinitely Interested Letting other people hear Comment: Your synth modules will include a Hardware: MIDI interlace, Yamaha PSS790 key your work Is an essential Roland Sound Canvas and a custom drum board pari of musicianship. Even machine. A good keyboard is a must, such as the Software: Gadget's Sequencer One. If they puke on the spot, the Roland JX1 which is currently available at a bar Mlsc: Mono mixer, headphones. feedback they supply can be gain price of £300. The JX1 is velocity sensitive Comment: Now you can start to add real percus useful. Don't worry it your friends and lam- and has a most triumphant selection of presets sion tracks, as the Yamaha has realistic drum ily don’t appear to like whal you're doing - instruments on board, including an excellent piano sounds built in. The hundred musical instrument most w ill just be Jealous! Find someone wilh and the sexiest saxophone imaginable. An effects sounds can be processed by a -vector synthesis' similar musical tastes to yourself and play box (echo, reverb, flange, chorus) will prevent your technique and will let you create your own unique them a demo. If you’re leeling brave, don't mixes from sounding dry and adds a really profes sounds, and the headphones will stop the results te ll them you've created it yoursell and see sional touch. By this time your bedroom has no from annoying your parents. Iheir reaction. It can be a wonderful experi room for a bed in it anymore. Total Cost: £220 ence if they say "What? You really did this Total cost: £1000. yoursell? Pull the other one!" SET-UP 4: Bitten By The Bug Gelling electronic instruments onto tape Hardware: MIDI interlace, multi-timbral sound is relatively straightforward. To record Just SET-UP 6: Good Enough (For The Moment) module, velocity sensitive master keyboard. your Amiga, connect the audio output Hardware: As set-up 5, but with the inclusion ol a Software: Music-X directly into the line-in sockets (the RCA decent power amplifier, speakers and practice Misc: Mono sound mixer. phono plugs) ot your Hi-Fi cassette deck. If room. Playing at any volume through your home Comment: A sound module will costs about £100- you’re recording other instruments, too, Hi-Fi is going to damage the speakers, never mind 200. and will sound so good that you'll spend a you’ll need a mixer ot some description. your family life. More keyboards are also required: week just mucking around with the new sounds. Mono mixers work well (and cost little - less a Korg M1. Wavestation, Yamaha SY77 or Good sound modules to stad with indude the than £20), but a stereo mixer will add real Ensoniq will do nicely, thank you. Roland range of PC32s and PC64 units or the control to your work. Plus, playing with the Software: KCS, Steinberg Evolution EVS1 module. The Yamaha QY10 is Wetware: Vocalist, guitarist, roadie. also worth considering, especially as it has its own ••••••••••••••••a Mlsc: Stereo mixer, rack mounting effects, a gig. integral sequencer for groovin’ on the move. A Comment: Now you're ready. All you need are a velocity-sensitive keyboard will add incredible few posters around town, and your first gig on the A Amplifier. Most ot the time you can expression to your tunes, and need not cost the long road to stardom awaits. The more expensive use a normal Hi-Fi amplifier to hear earth (Roland PC200). Soflware, such as MusicX. keyboards will have on-board sequencers which your tinkling. It you want to play loud, is needed before you can tap the full potential of you can use as well as (or instead ol) your Amiga. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMyour hardware, allhough you'll be starting to feel you'll need a special power amp and Amiga's are a little fragile for gigging, and although the need tor a decent stereo mixer. Don't worry monitor speakers. you may think Guru Meditations are bad at the about drums - most synth modules have them best of times, you haven't lived until you see one built-in these days. B Bars and Pipes. One of the most in the middle of your first set. Total Cost: £350 original and Amiga-ised music Total cost: £2000* sequencers. NICE KIT : THE ENSONIQ SQ1PLUS The Ensoni, SQIPIus Is a piece of MIDI hard- Beat. One, and two, and three, and ware which dreams are made of. It may look like any other keyboard, but this piece of American four... technology has some Incredible sounds and features burled within It. For starters, how about a 16-bit sampled piano which sounds more realistic than many pianos. When Bend. A pitch bend wheel will provide a you start experimenting with settings and add some of the bnllt-ln digital sound effects (reverb, chorus, clever way of adding extra distortion, revolving speaker, overdrive and so on) you can perform an impressive rendition of an elec expression to a sound. Used correctly, tric grand piano underwater In a.spinnlng Albert Hall. very good guitar sounds can be The SQIPIus Is 8-voice multi-timbral, which"means there can be eight completely different voices playing at once. With 21-note polyphony, you can be playing chords with the piano over a string quartet generated. backing track (with guest trombone player) and still have room for two of three full drum kits and orchestral blasts. C Controller. A MIDI control is a spe Drum kits? Yup, the SOI has twenty sets ol Incredibly realistic drum sounds. The drum sounds all cial control signal which can alter a have different positions in the stereo field to give your sounds extra ‘space’. If you want more sounds (to the 100 built In, and 80 you can create) simply plug in a ROM card. Ensoniq call the SQ1 a music workstation, and it's not hard tiTsee why. It comes complete with an 8-track, multi-song digital sequencer, and you could turn up at a gig with only the SOI under your arm and perform anything from a THE PRICE IS RIGHT piano recital to a rave. If the price of musical equipment puts you oil. here The price of all this technical mastery? A mere £1349, but before you choke, look at it like this: are some guidelines to help you out. 1. Check local papers for second-hand bargains. A superb velocity sensitive keyboard, £300. A superlative elght-volce, 21-note poly 2. Look through the music magazines for special phonic, fully programmable, offers. multi-timbral synthesizer, £800. 3. Don't go into a shop and buy the first keyboard A 16-blt sampled piano module, £300. A 24-bit multi-effect digital sound processor, that sounds nice.You may end up wilh somelhing £300. that you didn't really want. Do you really need a key An 8-track, 58,000 note digital sequencer, board. when a module will do just as well? £100. A 20 kit stereo drum machine, £200. 4. Music equipment keeps its value quite well. Most shops will give you a generous trade-in Total: £2000. Seems a bit more reasonable, allowance on kit you have grown out of. doesn’t It? M USIC TO PLAY BY The arrival of the Amiga brought with it R tE RECORD DEALS new, improved games with better sound than anything heard before. le near Pan control (sweeping sounds from lett to What’s more, it just keeps getting bet I I like MIDI note at once. isential right across the stereo im age) is great fun. ter. Here’s the essential Amiga Game (pathetic - Ed). p. Even The output from a mixer can be fed into Top Ten, Pop-Pickers (in no certain Preset. A prepro pot, the your Hi-Fi as per normal. If you record your order)... J Juno 6. A clas can be songs onto a decent quality audio cassette, grammed sound. qd lam- the quality should be good enough lor that s ic syn th from 1. Xenon II - Mirrorsoft doing - Last Step. You don’t need a tour-track cas R oland - one of P rogram m able. If 2. Project X - Team 17 me with sette deck (Tascam, Fostex) unless you want th e firs t poly a synth is pro 3. K illing Game Show - Psygnosis nd play to add live drums, and vocals on top. To be phonic keyboards grammable, you 4. Ghouls'n'Ghosts - U.S. Gold b, don't on the sate side, borrow a OAT recorder (or w ith MIDI. c a n create your 5. LED Storm - U.S. Gold and see buy one - they can be bought for £400 these own sounds from 6. Beast II - Psygnosis eiperi- days) and record everything on that. scratch. Compare 7. Warhead - Activision did this 8. Monkey Island - Lucaslllm/U.S. Gold Once you’re happy w ith your music, the K Keyboard. with a preset-only 9. 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Voltage Controlled * * * * Oscillator, part of sound, and mixing it with the O scilla tor - a vita l p art o f a the synth which original you can create the synth. ucan specific quality ot a note, a d d s vib ra to or feeling of a huge concert hall. sar such as its volume or position trem elo. VCF. Voltage Controlled Filter oud, in the stereo S Synthesizer. A musical - likewise. and Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMfield. M MIDI. Musical Instrument instrument which imitates real Chorus. An audio effect which Digital Interface. sounds electronically. Most VCA. Voltage Controlled 'fattens' a sound by adding modern synths use a tech A m p lifie r - lots of the se V slightly Module. Basically a synth nique called 'Sample and ones, aren't there? o ut-of-tune co pie s to it. without a keyboard. If you Synthesis' to create their already have a keyboard, why sounds. By combining the W Workstation. Keyboards D Delay. Delay can add an pay for another one? Most attack waveforms from real such as the Ensoniq SQIplus echo to a sound, or just give it manufacturers produce a ver instruments (piano, string, h a ve a fu ll synth, drum more depth. sion o f th e ir to p keybo ards in voice) with the usual synth kit and sequencer built-in, module (or rack mount) form. generated tones, some and are called Music pvide a E Expander. Another name startlingly realistic sounds can Workstations. Soon tor a synth M O D U LE . Multi-trimbraL More than one be created. workstations will appear with rectly, vo ice a t a tim e. automatic CD pressing facili F Flange. A neat audio effect Sequencer. A way of record ties. which adds a weird ‘wave' N ‘Noise. White noise is a ing, editing and playing back noise a s though mixture of all possible fre a song. The sequencer can X The letter which appears spe- you're opening and closing quencies and sounds like be running on a computer, or on a MIDI implementation ra your mouth whilst humming static. built into a workstation. chart (a list of MIDI nasally... no, I give features supported by a par up, I c a n 't describe it. It O Oscillator. An electronic T Tempo. The speed of a ticular instrument) which i H T sounds good any way." circuit which generates piece of music. in dicates th a t a ) ott. here waves, usually audio tones. particular function or con G Gadjit's Sequencer One - U U2. Irish rock group (des troller is not supported. P Polyphonic. More than one Usually beside the one bargains, a good entry level sequencer. perate, very desperate - Ed). th e w a n t the m ost. lor special Group. Many synths organise different vo ic e s tog e th e r as This report has been brought to you by: Y Yamaha SY77. Yum, yum, : keyboard groups. 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Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMwith the ‘clean’ cartoon strips dom i lost out to its upstart rival, The In keeping with their ooky, nating America's newspapers, set Munsters, is big business. Gomez spooky origins, a curse is sup about creating his own 'different' and Co. have hit the silver screen in posed to hang over anything style of strip to add a little bite to the what US pundits are predicting will related to The Addams Family. bland stories appearing in the ‘do more business’ than Terminator Although the series was one dailies. Taking spoof characters from II, and, as can be expected. Ocean of the most popular of its popular horror film s of the day, were there to lead them by the claw time, the actors responsible Addams created Morticia and over to the Amiga. And, in the quest for bringing Lurch, Morticia Gomez Addams, a suitably macabre to produce the perfect Mario-stye and Co. to life were set to pairing, added their children platformer, the game stars a com befall personal tragedies, with Wednesday and Puggsley, and fol pact and suitably moustachioed death, poverty or drug addic lowed them with the dark-eyed version of Raul Julia’s Gomez char tion hitting the assorted Uncle Fester. Charles Addams' acter as he explores the family’s actors and actresses, and Family were born,--and the rocky sprawling, platform-filled house. type-casting limiting their path to stardom beckoned. Architect of the massive building is future work. The same was James Higgins, whilst apparently true of the movie, its decoration is in the too, with massive set-backs to hands of Warren the film's production causing Lancashire and Simon the Director to suffer a ner Butler - meanwhile, vous breakdown, and sending Jonathan Dunn is the the film massive behind guy responsible for the s ch ed u le. game’s tunes and eerie effects. In addition, dropping by to add I comments to the 3 game’s development is Software Manager, Gary Bracey, who asides with the odd ▼ tj quip and idea. ‘We 4 _y Mario-styl© nasties abound in the mansion, with large wanted to go with the swinging balls coupted with aio-spltting demons. Molt Mario idea ages ago,’ he says as creatures can be jumped on and killed, but anything / else must be avoided. Gomez scampers across one of the game's hidden bonus screens, 'and we thought that this would be the IN DEVELOPMENT perfect setting for it.- True enough, MEET THE FAMILY with the building's dark rooms con Starting life as a series of tain enough ghoulish sprites and comic strips, The Addams creatures to keep Anjelica Houston's Family's morbid humour was Morticia ‘Blissfully Unhappy'. ideal for conversion into a TV programme. Whilst casting the l iWl-Hiiflil i l The Mario setting film, the producers had set plays host to a scenario which is far ideas as to who they wanted removed from that of the film. to play the parts. Raul Julia Whereas the film followed the was selected for the Gomez Addams’ fortunes as they were role after he had impressed evicted from their gloom y house, the Paramount with his part in game sees Gomez searching the Areas, such as the Kitchen and the Garden, contain secret, bonus-filled areas - ripe for the plundering. Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, and huge, eight-way-scrolling play area in search of his kidnapped family. An for the dark and elegant evil developer has locked away Morticia, both Cher and Granny, Puggsley, W ednesday, Anjelica Houston were consid Fester, and Morticia in the building's ered. Houston won out, five wings, and the individual rooms though, leaving just the last within each wing must be negotiated major role of Uncle Fester to before a showdown with a larger fill. Somewhat surprisingly, the guardian. 'There are five game role of the short and stocky areas,' starts James, 'and Gomez miscreant went to Christopher Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMcan enter them in any order via a Lloyd, who was famed for his hallway section at the start of the part of 'Doc' in the Back To game. These then open out into the The Future films, and is both key areas, such as the garden, the Larger 'Boss' creatures guard the kidnapped family, and must be defeated before Puggsley and Co. can go free. tall and thin - a complete con kitchens, and the dungeons.' So how trast to Fester. However, make does the Mario elem ent come into up prevailed and Lloyd was play? ‘W ell, each area is inhabited duly transformed into a by area-related nasties - big birds in superb-looking Fester who mir the gardens, or mutants in the dun geons, for instance - and these sap rored Charles Addams' original Gomez’s health if he touches them. concept perfectly. But - ta-da! - by jumping on them, he can put them out of action for good,'he continues. FI'.’-IH IIH Ii'.ll Not only that, though, A m ig a v e r but all the little touches which make s io n is Mario such a winner seem to have p a ra lla x been added to the relatively humble scrolling, but Amiga. ‘W e started work on the everything Amiga game but had to stop hall else'is identi way through to produce a Famicom cal fo the version,' James says. 'However, Famicom game. after that we came back to the As well as the rescue Amiga game and saw a number of mission, Gomez can col ways to improve it. For instance, lect dollar bills to add energy points Gomez can jum p higher using mini- to his supply or even buy extra lives. trampettes, or fly past previously The game is currently entering the inaccessible areas using his Fez- later stages of play-testing and Copter (a 'Tommy Cooper -style hat everyone at Ocean - Bracey in par with fenough power to lift him off the ticular - are very excited about it. ground). W e also concentrated on it Gomez's jumping japery. 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The best buyers guide. a better prii At least 33 pages packed each month with all the informa tion about what's best 60 non en te rta in m e n t Part. High wJ products put under I. Fa*: <(M94) 4731 the microscope each month K)0+ games reviewed every' m onth. Beyond games w ith 1. 200cp» draft 67- ca verns w ith a fearsom e a rra y o f firebolts. If you manage to survive that lot, the fourth level takes place inside a water-filled cavern. Half the action takes place beneath the pool's sur face, but your amphibious A b o \ craft can only remain sub ceed merged for a certain length of time before you'll turn a nasty i co lo u r of blue - also, once underwater, the joystick con trols become sluggish as the water affects your craft's iner tia. The sound effects also change when you dip below the water line to reflect the aquatic nature of your envi w a st ronment. Huge seahorses, !traps tadpoles, crabs and metallic launc he first thing that strikes rookie mode, but the real siles. buzzing bees and flying fish form the main a s a i Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMT you a b o u t Te am 17's action lies in advanced mode bouncing mushrooms. opposition, as well as a g u a r new shoot 'em up is where the skies become The third level is set inside superb end-of-level guardian im po that it comes on four disks. bloated with some of the a volcano and features lava equipped with massive pin a fte r For an out-and-out blaster biggest enemy sprites you're flows, magma eruptions and cers - to blast this baby out back this must be something of a ever likely to see. Most falling rocks which make the of the water means piloting fo r a record and certainly gives an impressively, even when the entire screen vibrate. Deadly your craft within an inch of its g iv e r indication as to the game's screen is packed with enemy firebirds d ive-bo m b yo u r ship claws and letting rip with dro p complexity. fighters, the action or and rise Phoenix-like from everything you've got. th e a For your twenty-six quid, scrolling n ever slo w s down. th e ir ashe s each tim e you The fifth section is set th e ir you get a six-level 1 Mb-only Each level has a distinct blast them out of the sky. deep inside the alien A; blast packed with all manner theme and its related enemy There's also a huge sleeping stronghold. As you might ere d. of weirdo insects and deadly sprites. The first.involves dragon to contend with. Once expect, it’s incredibly well-for sh o o techno-beasts. The sce navigating your ship awoken, the massive crea tified and each alien requires tally- nario bares an uncanny through the three ture litters the underground multiple hits before they’re relen re se m blan ce to both deadly asteroid c o lo i G re m lin 's Venus belts which sur th e e and Palace’s round the planet. gams H ostile upcom ing Each is harder th e ir B re e d in that a than the la s t and w h icf planet has become requires massive th e b infested with killer bio firepower to destroy th e h bugs, the result of the spinning boulders. ond bio-mechanical experiments Level two involves a white- m u te gone wrong. The new and knuckle ride across the unde dangerous inhabitants ice-capped polar regions. threaten the stability of the Huge mountains form an Galactic Federation and, as impressive backdrop to the their number one flyboy, it’s action and spectacular light down to you to pilot one of ning effects illuminate the three prototype war planes, sky. Alerted to your pres fly to the infested planet, and ence, the bio-beasts flood the blast the mutated scum into sky with some of the most protoplasmic mush. bizarre enemy sprites you're Once you've selected your ever likely to encounter. ship, it's straight into the Large snaking craft dominate action. You can choose to the skyline together with play the first two levels in gigantic chrome-effect mis- SCREENSTAR POINTS MEAN PRIZES As an added feature, there's a bonus stage bolted on to the end ol each level which involves jockeying your craft through a jrvive maze-like series ol tunnels. This is an extremely last section where it's possible to il takes rack up many points. There are also bonus icons dotted around the level. Collect lied six ol these and an extra life is yours. Each maze is randomly selected Irom a num 1 takes ber ol predrawn maps so it's impossible to predict which one you'll get. Multi-level il's sur- parallax and an abundance ol sampled speech directing your progress make this ious one ot the best features ol the entire game. sub- sngth of a nasty le ft: The asteroid belts ance provide some :k c o n - tough opposi tion on the as the first level It's iner- along with a also host o f alien attack waves. below a the ■ envi- wasted. R-Type-style circular ics are faultless. There's also m iffed at rses, traps and multiple missile plenty of sampled speech starting letallic launchers lie in wait as well throughout the th e gam e tin as an especially tough game, warning of w ith only a Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMguardian which is nigh-on oncoming alien five lives, jardian impossible to deteat. Finally, atta ck w a v e s and especially as one hit sends e pin- after destroying their lair, it's advising on what you diving off the screen in a by out back to the planet's surface co urse o f action to plume of smoke. It's a shame loting tor a bombing run where your take. that there's no simultaneous ch of its given a couple ot ch an ces to As with all such two-player option available rith drop your deadly payload into games, there are either, but we can't have the aliens' air ducts and send plenty of power-ups everything, can we? their reactor to critical mass. to be picked up, It's not hard to see where As you've probably gath and P ro ject X s are Team 17's bunch of talented ered, P ro ject X is a m assive released after each coders have looked for their shoot 'em up. The horizon alien wave is dis inspiration (R -T y p e 2 and tally-scrolling action never patched. Once N e m e sis fans will instantly be relents and the gorgeous 32- collected, you then at home), but the finished colour graphics complement have-the option to product has been finely the excellent and super-fast enhance the power honed into a distinctly original gameplay. Equally hot, are of your currently- product which makes other the incredible sound effects selected weapon or games from the same genre which must rate as some of wait until you’ve pale in comparison. An out the best on the Amiga. From gathered enough standing arcade-quality blast. the howling wind of the sec cre d its to activate Dan Slingsby ond level through to the another more pow muted sound effects on the erful armament. The ship’s from left to right and stops for underwater section, the son- initial pop-gun can be a time when particularly large sw a pp e d fo r extra enem y sp rite s ap p e a r before speed, plasma and continuing. Power-ups are AMIGA SPEC m agm a bolts, se lecte d by w aggling th e jo y sideshots, heat-seek stick from side to side or by MEMORY REQUIRED and deli- 1MEG ing missiles (which pressing the space bar or peed and COLOURS ON SCREEN 32 are obviously useless m ouse. ively, the COLLISION DETECTION 10 on th e volcanic Nothing’s perfect, but uggish to LEVELS 6 level!), lasers and P ro je c t X comes close. The Ihter with stealth capabilities. enemy attack waves are a NUMBER OF PLAYERS 1/2 not simultaneous It on too T he jo ystick controls tad predictable at times and a DISKS 4 a control, a re excellen t and little bit more intelligence in tprove its GRAPHICS STYLE PAL OVERSCAN straightforward. The their formations would have screen slowly scrolls been a boon. I was also a bit Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM R PGs come and go with are busy organising their own are situated on rock plat and they can be spoken to, amazing regularity. defences. The reason lor the forms in the middle of the but mostly serve to add Demons' return to the conti sea. The surrounding coun atmosphere. On the other Just when you think nent, or where they've come tryside is populated by hand, major NPCs have a they can't get any bigger or from, are unknown but villages, fortresses, dun direct effect on the game. detailed, up pops another rumour has it that an elderly geons and the like. And You can tell the two groups blockbuster. This certainly man, seen in the vicinity of the se are a s a ffe ct the people a p a rt b y th e la tte r's direct applies to Gremlin's the ancient Attien state, could you'll encounter. You'll find ness. Rather than wait for Daemonsgate. Boasting over hold the answer. You must beggars, scholars, and publi you to make contact, they're 50,000 words ot text (equiva locate him, find out as much cans amongst scores of more likely to initiate it them lent to a good-sized book) as you can, and.return the others that can be split into selves. Each holds a snippet and 30,000 graphic screens, beasts from whence they tw o gro up s: m inor and m ajor of information, but only some it's possibly the most accom cam e. non-player characters. is of use. plished and detailed The first problem is how to The minors go about their As Gustavus, you can a dve ntu re released to date'. find a way out of the capital, daily lives oblivious to events recruit seven of these char Stepping into the shoes ot without confronting the mon around them. However, their acters to your party. There Captain Gustavus ot the strous hordes waiting actions can be interrupted are 26 to choose from, rang- Imperial Tormishan Guard, outside. This involves the you are summoned to an so lutio n o f a num be r of sub TEMPER, TEMPER The 128 intelligent characters aren't con- emergency meeting ot the puzzles. The core of the lined to one place, and wander freely from townfo town. If you need a City Council, where you learn game revolves around con specific person you must look for them. Some of these characters adopt th a t yo u r co un try is soon to’ versation. Each of the ten aggressive tactics, though, and If you poke your nose too far into their be besieged by a large cities is populated with over Demonic army. Pleas for help 270 characters. Some are business, they'll try to scare you off. Ignore the warning, and, at a later sent to neighbouring cities co asta l tow ns w h ils t others date, they'll track you down and set upon you in a more direct manner. have been ignored, as most underground mazes WHAT’S IN THE BOX? the party it invoked by and sewers. The big a p o o r w izard. Th e For the hetty asking price you got ger towns are bustling Ecclesiast has more more than the game. The box con with bakeries, tav or le ss th e sam e tains a manual, a 40-page book erns, residential skills, but he com chronicling the history ot Tormis, properties and broth mands power over the and a special video starring one ot els, In fact, everything elements. These are the survivors of the adventure, it you'd expect to find in less volatile and more will also include a lew hints on the a major site is here, predictable, but less game, and the chance to win one and all are necessary powerful and safer to of twenty limited edition, lull-sized to the adventure. m anifest. metal battle swords, weighing Exploration of the set Daemonsgale's more than 40lbs. tle m e nts and strength lies in its size questioning of the and detail. The locals is needed for screens are well- ing in status from mercenar the many intriguing drawn with small ies and merchants to a and brain-busting puz anim ate d touches, lunatic. Not all will want to zle s - so d o n 't ignore such a s burning come, though, and some will anyone o r thing. torches and shimmer set you a task before they If you’re thinking ing water, and the comply. In addition, others that the Captain is lim accom panying text will want more materialistic ited to a smooth adds a brilliant real rewards. Once on the team, manner, think again, ism. The massive though, their actions can be as combat can get tasks and play area controlled individually, allow very bloody. The sys avoid the claustropho ing you to send them on tem is much more bic feel found in most errands whilst the others rest. tactical than the tradi RPGs, and all the Unlike most RPGs, these tional hit point cities have a 'lived in’ people are individuals in method, and seeks to Boasting over 30.000 screens - although most a feel courtesy of the every sense. Instead ot car stretch the brain cells very similar - there’s no doubting Dat constant bustling more impressive are the people who live there. rying labels', such as Fighter rather than the index about by the people. and Magician, they have skill finger. E veryone in Th e inclusion o f a points and it's up to you to y o u r party ca n fig h t and, due All the actions are animated special menu which saves make the most of these by to th e co m b at syste m 's div e r in this window and the horrific the important conversations, applying them to the appro sity, the multitasking facility sights of legs, heads, arms means that you won't have to priate fields. comes into its own. By using and disembowelments are make notes. There are still Travelling is ot major the stronger members of the displayed at regular intervals, plenty ot 'traditional' RPG Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMimportance, and movement is party to do the attacking, the and a radar shows the posi aspects - characteristics, either on land or inside a set weaker ones are left to act in tion ot up to fifteen oncoming pick-ups, magical items, tlement. Land travel reduces a supporting role, to heal enemies. Once the appropri monsters, traps and plots - your party's representation to their mates' wounds and ate choices have been made, along with the many brain- that ot an icon, and, during restore lost health. However, you can sit back and watch taxing puzzles. RPGs don't your travels, you'll need to this individuality has its draw the outcome. The action can come much better than this, set up camp tor a rest. This is backs, as asking a coward to be interrupted at any time to and, although it's 1Mb only, it also an ideal time to utilise attack a fifteen foot armour- update the tactics or initiate a should be high on any adven one ot the game's more inter plated mutant, will result in different kind of attack. turer's list of must-haves. esting features. Each him running a w ay a s fa s t as Sticks and stones may S te v e K e e n function has its own screens, a Jehovah's witness on Clift break lots ot bones, but a and each character has dif Richard's doo[ step. On the tire-breathing demon does it ferent skills. One of the nicer other hand, a Beserker will better. An alternative to nor touches is that participants ignore an order not to attack mal combat is provided by GREMLIN £34.99 who excel in key areas can anchwill steam in like a the Demonologists and pass knowledge on by teach Millwall fan at an away game! Ecdesiasts. The 1 Lasting and extremely ing the less-endowed During combat, the game Demonoligists have the detailed... J members ot your crew. Each is frozen and th e action is power to summon demons possesses th irty o r more displayed in a smaller win and use th e ir pow e rs to bol GRAPHICS 80% skills, keeping you perma dow to the left ot the menu. ster the power of everyday SOUND 76% nently busy. There are seven commands, weapons. However, they can LA3TABILITY 90% More complicated and including simple Attack to also place the creature inside detailed is town travel. Out ot Support and Cover, the latter an amulet, ready tor when PLAYABILITY 8 6 % the forty environments, most allowing your characters to you'll need him. This trick can are split into five levels shoot at any foe attempting backfire, though, and the OVERALL 90% including basements, cellars, to attack an allied character. monster could turn against "Anyone who X / lias been keeping SC- an eye out for this will not be V disappointed, and should await its release with baled breath...Ilpic is one you will of the best products I have ever played - the depth of regret it/ gaincplay and graphics - are of a truly stunning loreter" / 'V\ standard." 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Here we are, six production lor four months, and is months later, a nd creator, looking set for a Christmas Graeme Ing, has completed release. The game will take a more the Utopia Expansion Disk, a military slant, moving slightly Sim Cily set of ten scenarios designed away from the style ot game, although all the colony to tax the minds of even the buildings will still be included. most seasoned players. Graeme Ing isn't giving too much The ten scenarios don’t away yet. but one feature he is Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMintroduce anything radically including is having the enemy base new to the game, but merely visible on screen, allowing the enhance the strategic fea player to watch the enemy at tures of the original, whilst work, and attack it before it bringing in tactics that play comes for you. We wait with ers may not have been called baited breath... to employ before. For exam ple, on one of the worlds, the the last level you deserve a map is composed of a series m edal. of small islands, surrounded Utopia - The New Worlds by swirling smoke, rather like is really only a must if you the view you would find if are an avid fan of the original you were standing on to p o f a and fancy stepping up the mountain just above cloud odds. It doesn't make the level. From here, the only ■ game any better, but gives way the player can you more choice when play reach the other ing it. Fifteen quid seems a islands is to little steep for what is in effect build spac- a few more levels, though, ships, a facet and that’s why I can only rec employable on ommend it to die-hard the original sce a dd icts.’ narios, but never Tony Dillon actually necessary. 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SOUND 86% array of bumpers, flippers equally devious array. I've ES The presentation is also INSTABILITY 8 4 % and flickering lights. Playing never been an avid player of amazing. All the flashing PLAYABILITY 88% PRICE the tables is simplicity itself, the real machines, but it used lights and impressive sam with the mouse sending the to wind me up no end to see F ples of a true table are OVERALL 83% ball into play and the Shift the ball sail cleanly between present, as are all the pings, i rice ! of SCSI, * ich rer ills in a REAMS ilhe s' can be flh Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM ’Amiga Bfee. BUMP START Pinball, in the sense of shooting or guiding balls through obsta cles, has been around since the fifteenth century. The earliest recognised multi-ball tables began to appear in the early Sixties with the release of Soccer and Shoot, two classic Williams’ tables (which now fetch astronomical prices). Today, the mechani cal Innards of the original tables have been replaced with a maze of electronic D circuitry, a wall of ear-splitting sound effects and some of the most devious designs known to man. Keep a look out for the new Star Trek pinball table, complete with AD, energlser beams and Dilithlum crystals, and the fantastic Terminator 2 table, which features digitised speech and a robotic arm which picks up the ball and lobs it at a helicopter. Shoot it down, and you get a million points! odern day Welsh M nationalism may be limited to burning down the occasional holiday cottage, but six hundred years ago things were a little different. England was just starting to flex its muscles as it left the dark ages as a uni fied country. The Normans had came, saw, and settled and the Vikings had long ceased raiding the coasts. The attention of the King turned to Wales, which was pretty backward in compari son, and invaded its Eastern half. The resident Celts were not pleased, and any English settlers were soon deprived of basic necessities, such as their heads. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMTo consolidate his Welsh holdings, King Edward I ordered a line of eight castles to be built, deterring any fur ther Celtic uprisings. This is where you come in. As king o f A lbion, y o u r jo b is to co n struct these fortresses, manage their armies and deal with any problems which invariably occur. Naturally, you have to design your castle before you can build and protect it. This is the easiest stage. The two main elements of a castle are the keep, and the outer wall. For this you're given an over head view of the land where it's to be built, and a bank of five icons: a wall, square . tower, round tower, a gate and an eraser. By clicking on a castle segment, and click ing on the map, you lay the you can go all out on the w orkforce. foundation of that piece to be spiky 'Fortress-of-Dread' S tone built. To build a stable castle look, and create something m asons, you must have one tower for that will really put the wind quarrymen, \A every three segments of wall, up the Celts. What you have blacksmiths, if you don’t, you're liable to to consider, though, is cost carpenters, find things coming crashing and time. The more compli diggers, down around your head. cated your creation, the carters and Once placed, you must then lo n g e r it take s to build, and labourers have to be brought The size ol your construction is limited enter how high you want the you’re liable to run out of in. A s yo u r fun d s a re lim ited by the cost and time. It's better to start w ith an average-sized castle, and work piece to be built. cash halfway through con to th e am o un t you c a n tax, your way up through taxes, as II your There are very few restric struction. or extort, from the local pop Super-Castle' Is left halt-built, you're tions placed on design, so Th e next s te p is to hire a ulation, you are forced to wide open lor attack. limit the number ot people working for you. Getting the best mix ot people is impor T i a t w tant, with carpenters building tr 26, 1280 scatfolding, smiths making t* r OuT*r SCReen sta R rivets and bars, diggers lay ing the toundations, and masons building the various bits. The master stonema son, who overseas the construction, gives you his opinion on the staff mix, and CHARITY BEGINS the worse it is, the longer it As your castle is being built, the littler workers scurry around dutifully AT HOME takes to build the castle. Occasionally, you Hiring and firing staff can receive visits from prove very tedious, and strik people requesting ing the right balance aid or advice. You’re between classes is more shown a picture of down to luck than skill, and I the visitor, their would have preferred a pre question, and a set mode which hired a basic work force. You also need to choice of three hire and train troops to answers. The defend the half-built, which answers are usually soaks u p even m o re cash arranged so that you and time. can be a nice guy, completely indeci To build an area, simply For every three walls, there should be a specially-placed tower to support them. click on it. and assign a num sive or a real git. ber of workers to it. Almost Most of your visits immediately, a number of lit come from the local tle figures will appear and bishop, and as the start beavering away. Once church was exceed everything's up and running ingly powerful in there’s plenty of action in the those days, it pays to area, with loads of little peo do as they ask. That ple running around, and Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMsaid, in one game I sometimes disappearing into had several visits thin air. This is all very inter esting for a while, but it soon 1 )0 y o u J from a nun who \A) p e rm it Mvom «*U to porform . becomes very boring, claimed that half the b) p e rm it c*lX b u t tk o axoom m urvicxttod Masons working on despite the occasional attack m t- o ’ r .v t o r > n r f o r m . of mad Celts. To cap it off, As Hawkers and Beggars plead tor assistance, you are given three possible replies. my castle were one of the little guys building witches who should the castle usually scales the be executed. She wall and throws himself off of ended up kidnapping it - still, every ca stle needs it the bishop and claim ghosts, I suppose. ing that the forces of When the Celts do launch evil were out to get an attack, you must place her. The end result your troops near the castle w a s m e sen d in g in walls, and select the units for 1 00 troops on a res them to attack. The Celts cue mission then who raid your first castle are paying for the dam easily beaten off, but on later age they caused to levels they come armed with the monastery while catapults and many more troops. Ah, this is more like It! Bring on another suckling pig. they were about it. Despite being slow in places. C astles h a s a lot of depth and a great many fea EA £25.99 tures. If you're bored with the real w o rld , you can sw itch it ^ Definitely, the King of to fantasy mode, and have ogres, elves and dragons the castle... 9 added to your already sub stantial tribulations. 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R A M e o ld e r i n e w A5 to mo de e x p a n s ito walls, you begin to the game is so short six disks. The anima- uicidal bunny is tljl^ a m e contains I’ve heard in WH has been tlh #flm . Also, proba- Ph bly in an ipt to keep you playing,. nca, Roger’s curva- f you've seen 'Who Framed ceous wi , even makes a Roger Rabbit?' you'll be cameo a ipearance towards the pleased that, rather than pro Iducing a half-hearted platform jH R a lw a y s with animation of romp, Disney have gone all the this quality, there’s a price to way with a cartoon quality, puz pay. Although it’s more playable zle solving adventure. than most, the game is reduced Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMAs in the film, Roger has to simple joystick pushing akin to been left in charge of Baby Dragon's Lair. The animation, Herman. A supposedly simple despite needing at least 1 Mb task, but Herman spies a huge and a hard disk, otten stops in replica milk bottle atop the mid flow, disrupting the cartoon neighbouring Moo Dairy and feel. It's not always obvious what decides that this would be a far to do next and going back to the more interesting playground. beginning when the time runs Your task, as the Maroon out is very aggravating. Cartoon star, is to return the That said, it’s a brave attempt infant to his crib before mother at an entertaining and initially comes home. Two things inhibit Each object within a room must be tested only requires seven moves, but amusing title. Roger stands a to see what they do aod It they move. the rabbit's progress: later stages might need anything third of the screen high and actu one, he’s been locked up to twenty-five. ally looks like a slightly anorexic in the house and the Ail the scenes require experi version of the character we alt other is the steadily- mentation and only trial and know. Even so, he moves realis decreasing time limit. error will see you through. If you tically and performs his tasks in Secondly, although the find yourself standing on an detail. If you own a hard drive, in-game clock has 60 incredibly bouncy sofa, it's nec and want to impress people, minutes on it, in reality essary to find out the effect it will HRH is a worthwhile purchase, you’ve only got 20. have on Roger. For example, but a readily disposable one. Roger has to work jumping off the sofa onto the fan S te v e Keen his way through three sends Roger rooms inside the Escaping crashing into house, three scenes outside and the living the floor. By room Is DISNEY £25.99 the final challenge in the'dairy. pushing a easy, but The star really earns his money, can nearby stool ^ Charismatic cartoon and along the way is bitten by Roger get into your line savage mice, dogs, piranha fish the key in of trajectory, chaos, at a price J and bumf, frozen, run over and the tlsh it’s a safe bet tank? 89% drowned. The solutions to the that the luck GRAPHICS scenes show real imagination, less rabbit will SOUND 90% and although the ricochet off LASTABILITY 70% tasks start easily On land onto another strategically-placed ing on PLAYABILITY 69% enough they become the table, utensil, and eventually out the exceedingly compli Roger window. By now, having seen cated. 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You encounter many enemies such as overcoming obstac- Babyboon, the kid with the deadly bottle, and Toyo the spectacled snake. This mega-game has already been hailed by the critics as the reference for Jump'n'Runs in the computcr-games world. MORE THAN 90 0 SCREENS O N 16 LEVELS WITH AMIGA (50 HZ. MORE THAN 60 COLOURS ON SCREEN. M EX1RA0RD1NARY ENEMIES. SECRET ROOMS. HARDWARE SPRITES). ^ (ADLIB CARD;. Eliminate your enerr cold blood....or by surp HIDDEN BONUSES AN D DEADLY TRAPS. PLAYER• ENEMIES • OBJECTS • BACKGROUNDS. LEVEL CODES. CONTINUE, Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMAJUSTABlE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SC R O .ll Pick up -Great Oaf lr behind and paste hir to the walls. The bowling in this gan great, particularity wh your enemies are the t J AMIGA ATARI ST, PC, Can your find your wa COMMODORE 64. the hidden rooms lull bonuses, additional er AMSTRAD CPC and extra lives. DwnWMfiy 0199? I (us Hus Ho Fo« Hu* **1 It* Mir, logo are ragslMMl eide marks '• Urn *1 r-J‘ s received • Product dewnplicn and scrooWnh reproMnl Arngi nrw n ■ Srreenshtts are crt», ofcoded k) b« PttACfKxrwtw.- *j*lratwe TEL |071) 27 I97S' CHAMPIONSHIP AMIootball management MGER value to your judgments, but it games are back in vogue, FR IE N D L Y would have been nice to see a and the chance to be the little more in the tactics depart Fnext Graham Taylor has cap FROM CHELMSFORD ment. tured the imagination ot both The only changes you can programmers and punters alike. make to your team’s tactics are Over the past tew months we've IL FOR CHELMSFORD! in their formation and a choice of seen Super League Manager five different playing styles, vary tram Audiogenic and The ing from continental to long ball Manager trom US Gold and now IELMSFORD styles. Thankfully, the different Domark have entered the tray styles actually make a difference with Championship Manager. when playing different teams. A The overall aim is. as usual, short passing game may work to guide a team through a sea fine in one case, but against son, putting the big white ball Juventas it probably wouldn't into the opposition's net as often work. as possible without letting them Matches are played out in do the same to you. At the end accelerated real time, with a of the season you want to be top clock counting the minutes in ot the league and own as many one corner, with six bars depict- championship trophies as possi Ewen when a match is ingthe strengths of each team's ble - even if it is only from the progress, there's still defence, midfield and attack, enough action to hold and a meter to detail the number Domark cup. your attention. Ron The game system is very Atkinson - watch out! of attempts at goal each team complex and detailed, with more has had so far. When goals are Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMstatistics and numbers than scored, the match pauses to tell you’ll find on an average poll tax you know who’s scored and bill. Information ranges from a how. Each match is over quite player's passing and heading quickly, and provides enough skills, to their creative and inspi constantly updating information rational abilities, right down to to keep you interested. the attitude of individual man Playing Championship agers. Manager is rewarding. The The game is entirely mouse- game is complex and involving controlled, run from a series of enough to make you believe on-screen menus arranged as A wealth of options your decisions are having an large text boxes, and illustration are available to help effect, allowing you to rightfully guide your team to the bask in your team's success. If it is limited to attractive digitised top of the table - or to backdrops. The game menu the Domark cup. weren't for the rather weedy tac gives access to each team's tics selection, the game would results, forthcoming fixtures, cur be faultless. Easy to get into, it's rent standing in any of the playable at a basic level, but game’s dozen cups and champi best enjoyed when you've learnt onships as well as transfer the game system. One of the market details and a resignation career history. These are 'Manager of the Year' awards. best around. option should things get to tough spread over eighty teams, along Most of the game options will Tony Dillon for you to handle. with 650 coaches, managers, be instantly familiar to fans of the Interestingly, though, resign trainers and scouts. Four people genre. These include team for ing from a club doesn't end the can Championship Manager play mation and selection, dealings in game. Managers are always at once, competing for league the transfer market and training DOMARK £25.99 being hired or fired, as in the success, along with the Barclays options. Of course, all the extra real-life game, and one moment ‘Manager of the Month’ and information available gives more Innovative multi-player you may find yourself managing Preston North End and the next management sim... j THROWING A WOBBLER A manager's mood can also affect a accepting a multi-million pound GRAPHICS 65% deal to take over the helm at team's chances of polling off the championship. If yon go about your job with Liverpool. ruthless determination and don't mind how many toes you step on to attain SOUND N A For statistic freaks, there are your goals, don't be surprised if your entire team asks to be put on the trans LASTABILITY 90% 1500 players in the game, each fer list. Likewise, if you’re too wishy-washy, players w ill ask for huge wage PLAYABILITY 88% with their individual skilsl and fit rises and extended contracts. At the beginning of the game, you can select ness levels, age, moral, attitude, from a nast array ot moods ranging from unselfish to rebellious and even with physical details and a five-year drawn - the choice Is yours. OVERALL 84% “I t ’s clear fro m this evidence Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM ...th a t w e should he p la yin g S id M e ie r’s C overt A ctio n .” Use your skills in deduction to foil terrorists, spies and criminals around the world. PROSE N • SOFTWARE Covert Action, for your IBM PC compatibles, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST from the creators of Railroad Tycoon and Civilization. MicroProse Ltd. Unit 1, Hampton Road Industrial Estate, Tetbury, Glos. GI.8 8DA. Tel: 0666 504 326 TYRED OUT Each of the six courses features a series o l sharp cor ners which w ill send any unwary racers shooting off tbo track. This affects your car in a number of ways, with the wheels truckling and the engine pumping out smoke after every accident. A limited number of crashes can be sustained, but valuable time and fuel are also wasted, giving your opponents the opportunity to overtake. All of your car’s features are in limited supply, and dashboard indicators are colour-coded to represent the state of your fuel, tyres, and engine. However, to effect much-needed repairs a pitstop is located to the right ol the starting line. t's somewhat ironic that the hassle, allowing the player to get. I area where most race games straight into the game. Seated tail is probably the most behind the wheel of what important aspect of the genre - appears to be a go-cart but is speed. Notable stalled attempts actually a state-of-the-art have been the Chase HQ games, Formula 1 racer, and using the the OutRun series, and joystick or the mouse to steer Continental Circus. The list of this unimpressive vehicle, the Although the roadside winners is limited to Super basic aim of Vroom is to over obstacles are thin and Monaco GP and Geoff take a predetermined number of weedy, they prove extremely damaging Crammond's vector-based epics. opponents, thus guaranteeing to your vehicle. Also, In Vroom, though, Lankhor have your qualification to the next cir Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMleaving the track at something of an oddity. cuit. However, as your prowess great speed will leave With its minimal graphics, the grows, so do the number of you with buckled wheels! average Amiga ov/ner weaned on opponents you need to overtake. graphical wonders such as The Unfortunately, it is this sim Lett. Whenever your Godfather anil Space Ace. plicity that proves to be Vroonfs car whizzes through a wouldn't give I/room a second downfall. The action is limited to tunnel, the screen darkens accordingly, glance. However, cowering whizzing around the tracks, and and the sound is behind its 8-bit facade, it's one this offers very little variety. muted slightly to add o f the fastest racers you’re likely Although an eye must be kept on to the realism. to see. Not since Psion released your tyres, engine and fuel, stay Chequered Flag onto the bustling ing on the road is your prime Left. There are six 48K Spectrum market has such a concern and rather a dull one. tracks to attempt, simple race game proved so Thus, although I/room has the ranging from Sweden playable, and the addictivity speed that the coin-ops lost in to the U.S ol A, and each has their own Vroom generates makes it far favour of content, it needs a winding corners and superior to the said coin-op compromise w ith the speed special hazards. botch-jobs. It may not feature retained but something added to the many houses and capture the imagination. As race fences that line games go, Vroom is certainly Chase HQs roads, one of the fastest and more but the program piayabje, but alas it has all the OPTION LESS Although Lankhor have mers have content of a packet of Polos. m ade V roo m quick and easy to get Into, a number instead Steve Merrett ot options mentioned in the manual are conspicu planted ous by their absence. For instance, the supplied sparse trees LANKHOR £25.99 sheet says that your car can be recentred using the which, whilst 'Help' key if you start to career off the road, and equally as ^ Fast but ultimately another is supposed to let you view the car from above damaging whenever the F10 key is pressed. Unfortunately, on play when hit, forgettable... j ing, neither work, making the manual seem rather sloppy. ensure the GRAPHICS 66% game nips along TS7SET at break-neck speed. SOUND 54% Opening with options ranging INSTABILITY 58% from linking up two machines, to PLAYABILITY 83% selecting one of the six interna tional tracks and gear systems, The (rack* are shown as a rough guide In the lop-left of the screen when you are racing and give an early warning of oncoming corners and hazards. In addition, an approximation of the track's Vroom skips any unnecessary OVERALL 71% length is given so that you can judge how long your fuel will last. FAILURE BRINGS % ...Aboard tH NOTHING. SUCCESS ^ s i l e n t a lie n hu t h e s p a c e Mar WILL BRING IMPERIAL \ b a ttle 10 HONOURS... hum anity. Onh Enlisi with the Space bravest return I M arines and enter f ig h tin g th e ho the fiercest conflict of Chaos and mankind has ever m i g h t y w a r mao faced! Forgotten D read n o . starships infested Will you be c with a m ultitude of o f t h e m ? ] evil creatures from the Realm s of Chaos drift from the Warp... Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM A vailable on: Atari ST/STE. IBM PC. Amiga S p e c tru m . CBM 64/128 - and Amstrad m Cassette K #• D isk . ^ Grem lin Graphics Software Ltd.. Carver House. 2 4 Carver Street. Sheffield S I 4FS. ’ lf>91 Hasbro Bradley L'K Lim ite d .Ml rig h t* reserved Space Crusade was developed in association with Game* Workshop Ltd. SCREENSIAR PLATS ENTERTAINMENT Alter Ihe runaway success and criti cal acclaim lavished on Iheir Blues Brothers licence. Titus immediately commissioned another in-house team to design a lollow-up Titus th e Fox is Ihe result ol all their hard work. Such is the competition fter the super-slick suc each offering a different nomadic tribesmen. The in between the French company’s in- A c e ss o f The B lues graphical theme. For game tune also attempts to house teams, though, that the B rothers, French outfit, instance, some levels are set instill the proceedings with a Blues Brothers coders promptly Titus, are back with another in the grimy backstreets of suitably Arabic flavour, but started w ort on a new. improved jump'n’run extravaganza. Marrakech and come com proves to be mildly irritating sequel - which is rumoured to be This time, though, the action plete with overflowing instead. tar superior to any other Amiga centres around the exploits of sewers, rabid dogs, drunken E ach o f th e assorte d nas platlormer, and should be ready by the rascally old fox who bums and patrolling thugs. ties has a particular attack Ihe end ol the year. graces Titus's logo as he Others are set in the sandy pattern. Most annoying are sets out to rescue his kid dunes o f the the buzzing bees napped girty from the Sahara, on which stick to unspeakably evil Shah building Hassan. And, naturally sites, enough, all sorts of villains, deep in rapidly henchmen, thugs and sword- subter s a p your wielding m aniacs are o u t to ranean energy Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMtan his hide in the process. caverns, or until death In all, the re are 15 levels amongst the awaits. to com plete (p lu s a bedouin T o ish any lost energy, there are kiss’n'cuddle end-screen), campsites of replen- health icons dotted around each level (often in incredibly inaccessible areas) and these offer a much-needed shot in the arm. There's also a level code at the start of Lc’r Th< streets of Matiakcch oro each area and a padlock icon I.tied w ith oil manner ol loonies, and Ihay're often armed with w h ic h a cts a s a restart point knivos. a words, submachine guna should T itu s lose a life. and other more deadly weapons. The jo y s tic k co ntro ls allo w Titus to crawl along the Below left. Before you meet a grialy end at the hands of th is skinhead, ground, jump over obstacles smash the bottle over his heed to (and change direction mid send him diving o ff the screen. jump), and speed along the ground at a fair old rate. Below: Bedouin tents form pad of the backdrop to th is level, which Is Speed is the key here as the populated by sword-wleldlng player is given control over tribesmen. th e rate a t w h ich -the gam e scrolling. The sprite detection is also dodgy in places which is always annoying in a plat form game. Still, these points plays. Pressing F10 halves fade into insignificance when the game’s speed, and compared to its many plus although Titus's speed is points.. reduced to that of a nailed- Fox hunting may not be down slug, it makes hopping very fashionable at the across platforms. Help is also moment, but that hasn't given via a series of objects stopped Titus constructing which are scattered through an entire game around out the game. These include it. Titus the Fox is easily their a spring to reach inaccessi best platform game yet. It's a ble parts of the game, and a joy to play and offers more of bowling ball to flatten on a challenge than the usual caution until you’re sure ot ttieir purpose. coming nasties. There's also jump'n'run games due to its an airborne magic carpet, a cunning puzzles and the skateboard and a scooter to sheer variety of enemy speed up your progress - of sprites on the prowl. There these, though, the best is the are more than 900 screens in skateboard which allows you total which will keep even the fla tte n a n yo ne w h o ge ts in most experienced games- your way. A neat touch to an player engrossed for weeks. already well-crafted game. Dan Slingsby Fighting off the bumbling nasties is effected by throw ing bottles, boxes, bins and other such objects at the oncoming hordes. Lob one of these in the direction of the said nasties and they’ll invari ably leap off the screen with level, Ihe action lakes place over a multi-level tenc building with all kinds ot trus- an angry scowl across their trated neighbours taking their anger out on you! faces. Be careful not to get clobbered by your own mis Falling stalactites are just some of Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthe obstacles to overcome in this sile, though, or you’ll end up underground sequence. Timing Is seeing stars and losing all-important here, so It's best to much-needed energy. After slow the game down tor this part. a ll, altho ug h th e re are unlim ited continues for each level, you're limited to three lives, TITUS £25.95 so be careful out there... If you're feeling particularly 6 Polished multi-level cocky, though, it’s also possi jump'n’run game j ble to sneak up behind an adversary, pick ’em up and GRAPHICS 86% throw them instead! There’s very little to criti SOUND 76% cise about Titus the Fox. In LASTABILITY 90% super-fast mode the scrolling At the start ot each U PLAYABILITY 92% becomes slightly jerky if there password. Make a note ot the are more than four sprites on number so that it's possible to restart the game at the begin OVERALL 91% screen, and the slower option ning ot that particular level. also suffers from staccato TUNNEL VISION There are a num ber of hidden bonus rooms and secret passages on each level as well as a num ber of puzzles to overcom e. These include a devilish netw ork of underground tunnels on one level with m any passages leading to lava pits or dead-ends - at the tim e of w riting this review I'm still w ell and truly stuck on this level (thirteen). Mapping skills definitely com e in handy! 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At mouse to either the left or right corre to Race Drivin'. the coin-op in completing a circuit. To do so, times, it appears as if you are sponds to the degree of turn put on the sequel to Hard Drivin', one of the there are three cars to choose actually floating above the track, car and moving the mouse the other way finest vector racing games to from, and each has different han especially when other cars seem centres the wheel. Unfortunately, such a date. dling and speed capabilities, to overtake by passing beneath control method Is rather alien to joystick The original saw you racing a ranging from the slow but steady your car. The only other view wagglers. 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Although your The amount ot wheel lock is bowl of word. car can be controlled via the joy shown by a small vertical line at spaghetti, and a As before, stick or mouse, the handling just the bottom of the screen, with a short but fast flat the action is doesn't feel right. There's an notch to show the central posi Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM tion. However, the distance between the notch and the line doesn't translate into a constant turning ratio. Oversteer is an annoying problem, and one that is difficult to correct, especially when the game begins to slow down, leaving you zig-zagging across the track. When you con sider that you're competing against the clock, the game left me grinding my teeth rather than the gear stick on more than one occasion. 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Take the mirror from soda, and go down to the basement via I mea At (he beginning, don't move, but pick the bin, then go to Elvira’s dressing the lift. a n d up the four-leaf clover under the sign room, which is to the right. Take the nail Make some small talk with the Indian I tive l and the rock in the bottom left-hand cor file, the tissues, the towel, the newspa chief, and it’s time to make a few spells. | a nd ner. G o to th e sh ack on the right and_ per, the popcorn, three cans of hair Some of the mystical incantations don’t I lo n g throw the rock through the window. spray, the silver clover charm and gas require any ingredients, so stock up on I badi Enter and go right. curling iron, which is in the make-up them while you can. Other spells require I tiv e O pen the cupboard case. There are a pair of Elvira’s pants, mixing, so open the spell book and heln on the right and take still warm, but they won’t aid you in the make Protection (with the soda), three I a lret the keys from the adventure! Breath Underwater spells (popcorn, gum spel dead guard. Take Take the door at the end of the hall, and cupcakes), Healing Hands, Luck a t it, everything from the into the Typing Pool. Take a disk from (clover), five Ice part spells and an g o in bulletin board. While the box and the cassette player. Head Unseen Shield. t o g i you're'at it, take the back towards the lift. The third door T bullet-proof jacket along leads into the office. Take the THE HAUNTED HOUSE then and hat and put them on. Put the key drink and soda siphon. The last door is Go back up to the level where you came T a k . into the security panel and enter the in, and you'll find the three sound stages heat appropriate code. This opens the secu near the lift entrance. Enter the code for sp e l rity gate. Go to the front gate and click number two and go through the doors. th e i on the car in the distance. Take the wire Turn left and go through the doors. Take kitcf- cutters and wrench from the boot, turn the helmet and gauntlet from the suit of sp e l left and go through the doors. armour on the right. Enter the study step through the doors in between the Imm THE STUDIO OFFICES knights. Take the p ra y e r b o o k fro m the Take the lift to the second floor. Leave study draw and the padlock, and make faint the lift and turn right twice. You’ll be fac an Unholy Barrier spell with them. Back you ing a long corridor with seven doors. in the living room, help yourself to the Take the first on the right, into the com- glass vase (turn it intaa Detect Trap IS W I N spell) and the bucket next to the fire taining a magnet), berserk on the place (Protection spell). Now leave the Glue (adhesive witch. Turn her room and go up the stairs and take the in sid e ye llo w tin in eyeball into a right turning. Turn right at the top and the kitchen), Fear spell. Turn then take tw o le fts in to th e firs t doorw ay. Protection on the light behind This is the nursery. Take the building (bucket), Luck you, and ta k e the blocks and return to the living room. (horses shoe wizard's robe, the Stand two paces back from the library inside bucket), la b c o a t a n d the door, in front of the ghost, and place a several Fireballs sword. A good block on the floor, then shoot into the (newspaper, tis w e ap o n a t last! library. Once inside you'll find loads of sues, calendar, Now go across reference books and some interesting postcard and the hall to m ake iric bookmarks, including a poison formula. papers from the up. Check the Go back to where you came in, and security hut), sev p ictures yo u have r start dropping your stuff in front of the eral Magic for the sorcerer's staircase so that you can come back for M u scle s (pots and apprentice. Use i - it later. Don't drop the curlers, pen, keys, pans, tins and the mirror, wigs •w, gauntlet, helmet or knives, though. Turn knives), two a nd m ake-up to the seltzer bottle in to a D etect Trap D etect T raps get into the part. in spell. Enter the dining room and take (glass jars on the Put on the lab everything you find. Turn the wine into a shelf), Ice Darts, technician's dis ts Courage spell and the glasses into Unseen Shields guise and go back Detect Traps. Now look in the service and a couple of to th e lab where hatch and you will be whisked off to the Healing Hands. th e do cto r is. meat locker. Take the boots off the biker Keep the meat Offer to help him cleaver as a weapon and the wire cut and he'll mix you some poison. Make te rs fo r later use. sure you have the formula from the Clean out the kitchen and return to library, and leave. your pile to drop the newly collected R em ove th e d isgu ise a n d use the items off. Take the armour, poison for potion on some meat. Give it to the fish mula and crucifix. Go upstairs and take in the living room and retrieve the key the left staircase to the bathroom from the tank. This will open the and collect the towel and safe behind the duck picture. sponge. Leave here and turn Take the pipe, and go back right. Put on your armour upstairs and turn right at the and use a Magic Muscles main hallway. Head for the spell and go into the laven sinister-looking staircase at Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMder bedroom opposite you. the far end; this leads to Pull the sheet, and kill the the attic. You're on your spook with Ice Darts. Take ow n here, but a sm a ll h in t is the script and pictures then to use one of your spells push the red button under the immediately as you enter the bed to access the secret room. room. Stock up on spells and it's Grab the chalice and candles and leave. time to leave. Drop everything except U se the cru c ifix to w a rd o ff nasties. weapons, armour, test tubes, crucifix, and and put them on. Take the cheese, Take the stuff from the mantle piece and pillow, towels, gin and vodka bottles, lent via meat, wine and bread. Make Courage make Luck spells. Turn right and take spells, precious metal items, the mirror, and Breath Under Water spells respec the second door to the right. Don your hairspray, wizard's suit and make-up, s Indian tively. Leave yo u r ke ys a n d pen here, armqur and use some Courage. When keys and the pen. i spells, and heat up the thermostat with the you regain consciousness, take the pil s don't tongs. Get ready to splatter your first low and tuning fork. Now go back down THE GRAVE YARD u p o n baddie with Ice Darts. Put bn all protec s tairs a n d dro p the P ut on th e a rm o ur i require tive clo thin g firs t, th e g au ntle t and junk. and use the sword nd helmet are the only things you’re not Go back to the as a weapon. three already wearing. Cast an Unseen Shield basement and Walk down the irn, gum spell and one for Luck, and while you’re ta k e th e fire extin long hall and rush Luck at it, save the game. You're probably g uish e r fro m the through th e ce m e going to run out of darts, so be prepared wall next to the tery..Don’t hang to go berserk with the pen 'knife. chief. N ick the around as the bat Turn right and go down the stairs, medicine bag and w ill stea l your E then left at the bottom to enter the lab. the copper rod, energy. Run into >u cam e Take the yellow flask, the bleach, the and use Fire Balls th e ch urch. 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Now go back down to the basement where Frankenstein's monster is (make Dispatch the banshees and move the sure you have the wire cutters slab aside. You're going to be down handy). Raise the lever to the right here a very long time so start mapping side of Frankie and flip the switch now. Almost every alcove and room is on the left. Quickly snip his head booby-trapped so make sure you save wires with the cutters. Take his 'the . . . game . at regular intervals. Traps metal head band, scalp and brain. can bel_ _ disarmed, . and the moment youi Elvira is in the room behind experience points hit level eight use Frankie. the Brainboost spell. Mix up Freezing You should now have a Blade (pen and keys), Illusion (the mir Resurrect spell (brain, heart, ror) and True Flight (the pillow ). A pply and Breath Underwater spells before scalp, eggs and a prayer book), Bind the Freezing Blade spell to the dagger entering the lake. At the bottom next to Demon spell (binding scroll and rope), you find on level two. This, used with the the nymph is a rope, so take it. Level B 10 black candles, magic bag, toma Bless spell, makes the ultimate weapon. has a small side cell containing a bind hawk, warlance, pipe, chalice of blood When your experience reaches level ing scroll guarded by a scorpion. On and matches. If you haven't got all nine, use a couple of holy water vials for level D you'll find the director. Take the these, go get 'em. Return to the church Cure Wounds spells and make some lift key from his wallet, using the and, with help from the reference books Nova spells (hairspray and bottles). Do Telekinesis spell to get it. Also on this in the library, revive the priest. Make him not use T elekinesis, B uoyancy o r Holy level is the giant spider. Fire an Ice Dart draw a pentacle of blood in the parking Blast spells a n d keep at le a st one to get her attention. When she chases lot. Get the chief to bless the magic bag, Unholy Barrier in reserve. It's down here you, lead her into the lift. Go through warlance and tomahawk. He'll do this on the far wall on level six that you'll find both doors and close them behind you. when you return the pipe to him. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMElvira. However she's revealed to be a She'll be trapped, so you can explore Arrange these items where you can get doppleganger, so kill her. Pick up the to them quickly. Back in the parking lot war-lance. lay out the candles on the pentacle and Back in the church, the Angel of light them. Use the magic bag to sum Death creeps up on you from behind. mon Cerberus. Use a Bind Demon spell Throw up the Unholy Barrier spell and and as soon as the lightning goes down, don’t move or the effect will be broken. throw the lance at him. Hurl the toma Start lobbing Holy Blasts at him and hawk straight through his heart. The then Fireballs. If he's still there then fin beast is now dead, so collect your well- ish him off with Ice Darts. earned rewards! THE SPIDER CAVES It's tim e to c h an ge stud io s. T h is one’s a stroll in the park after the last. There aren't many traps and most-of the crea* tures are no match for the super being you’ve become. Stop by your junk pile to restock on spells, heal your wounds and organise your stuff. You need all your spells, including as many weapon-type spells as possible, you'll also need the the sword, armour, yellow liquid in a fla sk a n d the nail file. Collect all the crystals and mushrooms as th e y ha ve special properties and can be turned into spells. Every b ea st you com e across needs to be killed before you can get the goodies. Upon entering, find the lift and turn it on. Turn the crystals into spells as soon as you find them. Edible mushrooms make great Herbal Healing spells. On level A, use the Buoyancy STAFF OF MYSTIC SPELLS: Confuse - Spins your oppo nent around and sends him packing. Remove - Removes illusion walls. Shield - While the spell is active it w ill partly shield you. Block - This will totally protect your team for one blow. POW - With this your team w ill hit harder. Aim - Increases your hits with missile weapons and magic. CROSS OF UFE SPELLS: I.Q. - Cures team members who have been struck dumb, which in turn affects their C 8 8 0 Dexterity. ■ S M B Destone - Cures heroes/heroines who have E L P L 11 N been turned to stone. Youth - Reverses an Age Attack. Welcome to what must rate as the most useful aid to SKULL OF STATUS SPELLS: trapped adventurers in any mag. This month's column is Wisdom - This supposedly helps your wiz full of help for struggling adventurers and RPG players ards increase in levels. locked in a dank dungeon. 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I’ll give you A group of exhausted Hobbits have writ Favourites. the remaining clues next month. ten to me, begging that I help Alan Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMSo many readers have fallen foul of Cookson from Tyne and Wear. It this graphic whodunnit that I have KNIGHTMARE appears that 'Alan the Dork' (their RAM .ssi i| decided to reveal some of the secrets If, like me and virtually every other description, not mine) has been leading which the Mermaid's Codes refer to. If Amiga RPGer on the planet, you are them on a merry dance through X , P i you are stuck, go to the Mermaid currently hacking your way through the Figurehead at the rear of the ship and monster-crammed corridors of b o x , Pc examine her to get a secret code. Mindscape's Knightmare, you may find some of the spells rather confusing. Code Action Required ‘Never give a hero an even break’, 1a Find note in Niklo's Study seems to be Mindscape's motto - the 1b Show note to Barman rotten, mean so-and-sos. So, just to 1c Examine suitcase in Fabiani's cabin clarify a few things, here is what those 1e Interview Fabiani in Dining Room rather cryptic spells are actually 2a Talk to Suzanne designed to do: 3a Interview Julio in Daphne's cabin 4a Talk to Logan in Smoking Room 3b Talk to Suzanne in Bar 4b Find paper in Smoking Room D u n ! C w i t h c lt 1e Interview Tom In his room D u a l C 4c Get key from rug in your own cabin 4d Open Desk in Study and examine the clasp on Jewellry 5a Read note on desk 4e Get invitation from drawer in Dining Room 4f Walk to the Port side to find Tom and Rebecca 6a Find the necklace inside the bathrobe in the laundry 8a Interview Dick Schmock beside the M B K Mermaid 6b Interview Tom in Smoking Room 6c Search Suzane's Cosmetic case in her 5 M B cabin 10a Get drink from bar and go to top deck 10b Give drink to Suzane 10c Interview Suzanne. 8b Interview Fabiani in his cabin K in g 8c Look through porthole into Tom's cabin. 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On level 6 of the Mine, you will find a room with a strong light. The Corona SECRET O F you seek is protected by this light. MONKEY Retreat to the North then move South, ISLAND then East to find Adamit. With Adamit in It’s a tough life being a pirate, but it tow, find the dwarf and give him the can be even tougher passing the answer SPINGO. Move East from the Entrance Exam. You don't need a dwarf and use the stairs to find a key. GCSE in Plank Walking to get in, but Return to the Dwarf and travel North, you do have to pass the Three Trials where you'll find another Dwarf who will which are the Pirate Chiefs. Rehan Interplay's L o rd O f Th e R in g s since supply you with a Mirror Shield to give to Mayet has struggled to complete the Christmas and they are getting brassed- Adamit. This is what you need to get first two trials, but when it came to find off with his lousy leadership. He is now past the light and gain the Corona. ing the treasure of Melee Island he in Withywindles Cave puzzling over the There are lots of Elementals in this couldn't find Diddley-Squat! He cleverly Staff of Ice which is locked into an ice- game and I wouldn't bet my best sword bought a treasure map from the man on wall. In an effort to help our hero melt that I have identified the riddle you are the street corner, but he could make no the ice wall, the Hobbits have given me stuck with, but if it's the one which is sense of it. I bet you were surprised to this advice for other Ring adventurers: 'much like a sword...’ the answer is find that the map you bought was just a PLOUGH. set of dance steps. However, the clever 1. Don't discard th e S tar Key. footwork which it shows, is the answer 2. Don't let Nob Appledore near Bill HEART OF CHINA to your problem. The directions Back, Ferny. I've been playing Heart O f China this Right and Left point the directions you 3. 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Trial and error will solve the problem but, be careful, as there is a magical spinner in the central which will help him to power up the alien square which will confuse you. ship and escape, but now he seeks Module D. U LTIM A V To tind the last Module, go to the ’S eeing th a t th e U ltim a series is rated by and push the East wall. That releases Hospital (as you did on the first day) s o m any, th e to ta l a bsence o f a n y m en the other Dragon. Kill him, and go East and you will find that the exit previously tion of the games in these pages is from the space he occupied. Push the guarded by the robot is now open. Don't remarkable. Am I the only one to get South wall to open a wall to access the worry if you get caught in the corridor, ladder down on the far side. Take the as there is no w a y o f avoid in g it. ladder to the Underworld. Providing you have the crowbar from the park (it’s under a bush nearby the dead PERSONAL NIGHTMARE body), you can escape. The module you Vic Read of Plumstead can’t find the key seek is built into a body-mincing which opens the car boot in the garage machine which you’ll see the next room. in Horrorsoft's first adventure. I’m not surprised that he can’t get the BARD'S TALE III car boot open, because it doesn't open. In the N ovem ber issue I g a ve som e Instead, to get into the garage, you must hints as what to do in the Arboria sec avoid being run down by the car on the tion of Bard's Tale III, but Shayne second night, and cause it to crash by Hotwood of Australia is still stuck, so I stuck? I co m p lete d U ltim a IV w ith rela dodging in and out of the road while tively little difficulty, but I’m finding moving down the street until you reach i i f r ” = " " • r U ltim a V much tougher. Please remem the spot where the tree is. You’ll now Aikl - n m b rr Bcr»>»c o Member ber that not all of your readers are find a bunch of keys inside the wrecked ,T 5S R .„ * twelve year-old boys! 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Get the GOG Once you enter the lake and find the Go South to the room with five Black GLES from the work bench and WEAR palace follow these directions: 7W, 1S. Squares in a wall and take the ladder them and the GLOVES. Go back to the 2W, 1N, 1W, 1N, 2W, 1N. Now use the whigh is to the far side. Take a torch rear of the car, and, using the box of I2K Memory canteen several times to get the Water from the upper right-hand corner, walk MATCHES, 'LIGHT OXYACETYLENE of Life. Jump to location 2N.12E using Into the space where it was and push on TORCH' and then 'CUT HOOK’.’EXTIN- the APAR spell and you’ll find the exit- the East wall. On the way out push the GUISH TORCH’, 'DROP GOGGLES', stairs. You can now travel to the Pile of West wall in the lower left-hand corner. 'DROP GLOVES' and then 'GET Arefolia leaves and take one. This magi This allows you to access the first block HOOK’. cal item is used to c a s t a G IL L spell. where you'll defeat a monster. Push on the West wall to open a block to the KINGS QUEST IV BLOODWYCH East. Defeat the monster, enter the The oddly-named Desperate Dan is Mirrorsoft may be gone, but the melody block he occupied and push the East inside the whale's, belly in Kings Quest lingers on. One of the betfer games wall. This opens a wall to your West, IV. He has a peacock’s feather but no which they were responsible for, and where you enter another block with a idea where to stick it. The trick is to which drove us a ll m ad ju s t a fe w years monster. Kill him, enter his space and carefully climb up the tongue towards ago, was Bloodw ych. Terje Sandberg of push the west wall, exposing the block top centre (starting from the right hand DEQUES AND Oslo is bashing his skull against the furthest to the East and releasing the edge), and find a safe spot where you PAYABLE TO OTIONAL ANl walls of the Moon Tower in an effort to Dragon (use Morning stars or spells on can stand up and tickle the dangly bit RESS A B O V t solve the riddle of the two-pit room. One him before you release him). with the feather. The area to stand on is pit is in front of the entrance and the Go down to the space he occupied a lighter colour, too - easy, eh! other in front of the exit. The riddle on the wall says ’First you rise, then be wise’. It looks like Terje is neither wise HOW TO USE THE ADVENTURE HELPLINE or capable of rising over his difficulties. Write to me. Tony Gill, at Adventure Helpline. CU Amiga. 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[.8 0 1 Brave the storm, with Steve Keen's guide to the windy city. in each of these locations to ensure you are never short of the different pro duce needed to make ships and B Wteo. Hie BEST is.8estof*e engines. However, don't neglect the people. Place cattle on the mountain sides. wheat in sheltered plains and shy away from strong winds for maxi mum results. A single investment in these will not suffice. As your population increases, so should your budget for food. 7 The Adviser - For a meagre one point he'll tell you everything you need to know about your kingdom. 1 The Scribe - Used to load and save ence between an upsurgence in your 8 The Commander - Build kooplers games. Saving games costs money so cities and peace. Keep the people enter along the coast line, adjacent cities and don't do it too early in the game. tained and you can tax them to the limit, airfields for complete defence. Make when you're in a s p o t/' sure your airfields are spread evenly. 2 The Inquisitor - The head of the The further away from Sharkaania's secret police. It’s vital to spy on your 5 The High Constable - It you’ve coast they are, the less time and opponents' kingdom before embarking invested wisely, before long you’ll have money you'll have to complete your on a mission. Suss out where your more produce than you could ever use. If m ission. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMadversaries' koopler gun positions and it's useless to you, sell it and reinvest the the major cities are to save flight time. money. Within no time, you'll have the orig 9 The Ecclesiast - The Ecclesiast Steer clear of his airfields or you’ll waste inal goods back and a sackful of cash to holds the power of the winds so use precious time fighting rather than loot boot. Whenever possible avoid taxation, it him to locate the strongest gusts before ing. He'll also warn of any discontent in brings little reward and upsets the people. constructing or placing mills and live your camp and the likelihood of oantone stock. He can also rejuvenate the land 1/2000 defecting. Pay attention to the disgrun 6 The Master M iller - Don't build mills where the wheat is placed so keep an JtOO £195 tled and they'll stay put. willy-nilly. Take the time to find out JUDS545 eye on your crop yield. He can often ■UA500. where the strongest winds are and build triple the output with a single spel. tool. 3 Leonaardo - Regular visits to there. It’s better to invest money in a By performing well on the religious cer Leonaardo will ensure his loyalty, so couple of well-located mills than several emonies, he can collect wind spells. keep dropping in on him. halppowered ones. There are usually Smaller ones are great for boosting the five good points on the map spread mills output and the larger ones to dev 4 The Joker - He doesn't cost muchJo evenly between the plains, mountains astate the enemy’s territory before a keep happy and can make all the differ and forests. Make sure you have a mill raid. M -c u t — 049 — cm .....c m .. . c m __ CI3S H C IIt __cm .....C«9 ....B» G O D S R e n e g a d e S’funny, but we were told that there w a s n 't a ch ea t for this. Oh w ell, the re ’s nothing like changing yo ur If it's top tips for all the top games you're after, m ind is there? then look no further... When asked for a password, enter the word SORCERY and your sprite will be F IN A L FIG H T U.S. Gold HUDSON HAWK O cean given endless life. Poooo-ieeee! We're not exactly F in a l Another cutesy platformer - and one of F ig h ts greatest tans, but it seems that a Special FX’s best games yet. Still, Baldy few of you liked it. Still, while you start to Bruce Willis is really up against it during FINAL BLOW stem. recover, you may feel the need to cheat the game, but no more. Pause the game Complete crap sums this up to reach those slow-moving later fight and type SANITYCLAUSISCOMINGTO- nicely, but if you really want to ers. If so, pause the game and enter the TOWN (don't add spaces). Then (yawn, see what lies past the tenth words SHERRIF FATMAN. When the yawn), infinite lives will be bestowed identical boxer, press F10 six game is restarted infinite lives are yours. upon our little ball-lobbing hero. times to render a fighter’s defences redundant. DEU TERO S Activision If infinite goodies are to your liking, then follow these simple instructions. Enter the surface stores and press Shift and C. The screen will turn a vivid shade of green, so press Shift and C again to gain those promised infinite goodies. KNIGHTS OF THE SKY ROLLING RONNY v irg in Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMOh dear, this is a rather sad attempt at the console genre, and is destined to gather dust on the shelf of many a games player. Still, if you want to eke o ut a fe w m inutes m o re fu n fro m it, press F9 whenever you want some more dosh for poor Ronny's funds. D A RKM A N O cean We never received a review copy of this, and having seen it I can understand why. We’ve seen some tripe before, but this is so bad it gives dripping a bad name. To extend your agony if you own it, though, type MEACULTA for infinite lives. RO BO CO D M ille n iu m Hoorahl What an excellent little platformer, and it also contains one of the best cheats we've ever seen. On starting, send Robocod jumping up to the top of the blue building and .you'll see an Apple, an Earth, a Cake, a Hammer, and a Tap. Take the first letter of each item and you'll get AECHT - an ana gram of CHEAT. Collect the objects in the right order (Cake first, followed by Hammer, etc) and SPA CE A CE II Readysott Lordy me, invincibility is your for Readysoft always put cheats in their the taking - indicated by a flashing games which let them play without fish, no less... Actually, if you enter touching a single key. For this one, type the first room and exit immediately HURRYDEXTERO (no spaces, and via the left-hand point, all the that's a zero), and press Return. Type it game’s doors will open up, too! twice to make sure it works. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM OCEAN SOFTWARE LIMITFO • A CFNTPAI STPFFT • MANCUCBTCD • M O BMC . TCI T1A1 B IO a a i i . cav fu i oia nxcn Steve Keen takes a further exhaustive look at Amiga PD. If you want to separate the wheat from the chaff and the good from the naff read on... QUALITY TREAT SKUNKS AND HUNKSI Weird Science have lour new quality Have you got 2Mb to spare? If so, you i slideshows on release: Astronomy, won't find a more worthwhile investment I Blood Sport, Bom Free and than the Pogo animation by Eric Schwartz,I Looking like a Skunky version of Amy the I WrestleMania. Each disk features excel Squirrel, the ravishing rodent comes into I lent colour contact with some woodland wannabes. I digitised pic It's coy, it's cute, it's cartoon animation. I tu re s w hich W h a t m o re can I say? Add it to y o u r collec-K are the closest tion. to pho 17 Bit, Disk 1289 * * * * * tog ra p hs I’ve seen. The first and la st disks sp ea k for the m selves, b u t th e o th e r tw o concern the Claude Van Damme film and cuddly wildlife - not that they're related. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMFortiss PD, Disks 307 382 383 384 shoot 'em up SPACE RACE section and N ot quite Space Harrier, but what do you the need for expect from an AMOS game? Cool quick Cucumber’s Cosmic Racer sees you guid- reflexes dou ing'a lone hover speeder across the bles. Not bad surface of seven moons, weaving in and at all. out of the electric poles thrown up in front Amiga Nuts, of you. Each level is succeeded by a Disk 1225 * * * SUPPLIERS’ GUIDE TO HULL A Bit On The Side: 8 Thorold Place, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster AND Amiganuts: 169 Dale Valley Road, Hollybrook, Southampton. Deja Vu: 25 Park Road, W igan, W N6 7AA BACK 4th Dimension: 94 Breedon Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham Interesting, but by no Fortiss PD: PO Box 2, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 8LU. means ground-break Ground Zero: 4 Chondos Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6TE. ing, is the Joytester NBS: 1 Chain Lane, Newport, Isle O f Wight, PO 30 5LH. from Devilsoft. Simply O ff the W all PD, 96 Macor Street, Newport, Gwent, NP9 OGW plug in yo u r stick, Rubber Radish: Bardfield, Bourne Lane, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxon. load up the program Polly Soft: 1 Bryant Avenue, Southend-On-Sea, Esses, SSI 2YD. and wait for the Shieldsoft: W im ar lodge, 13 Churton Road, Rhyl, Clwyd, LL18 3NB graphic to appear. As you move the stick, the program will tell Seventeen Bit: PO Box 97, Wakefield, WF1 1XX. you if all’s well inside the plastic hull. A useful tool to add to TCS: Handsworth Road, Blockpool, FY1 2RF workbench, it also tests sticks and pads from other systems, Virus Free PD: 23 Elborough Street, Swindon, SN 2 2LS. and can test up to three fire buttons. NBS, Disk U692 * * WELL SUITED A slightly old animation which has just returned to the PD scene. Originally put together by Sparta in California, a rather ruffled man walks into a bathroom and fin d s a D P a in l colour filler. He combs his hair and starts to change the colour of his grey suit. Rejoicing in the fact that he no longer has to wear grey, his con centration slips for a second and he presses black. Going the way so many of my pictures have gone, he wipes the whole screen out including himself. DON'T MENTION G re a t idea and g o o d fun. Ground Zero PD, Disk A 10 9 *» * THE WAR! More ham-laced, ray-traced slideshows from Germany. JKS Although most of the pictures 3U lent are great, the compilation suf iwartz. fers from Germanitis: much too y th e self-indulgent. I could have into done with seeing more stills ies. instead of having to read about on. FICTION the coders. Check this out if collec- you collect ray-traced images, ADDICTION but have a German-English dic We’ve had some great games in this tionary to hand. month, but first place in the addiction 17 Bit, Disk 1646 * stakes goes to The Warlord's Obliteration. The team have taken Turrican's sprite, enlarged it and stuck him in the middle of an asteroid- DIGITAL infested platform blast. There are two games on the disk, the second of which FANTASY A great collection of Boris Vallejo fan Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMis M ad B o m b e r II. The aforementioned tasy pics digitised by Tamer Aygun gent sits atop a brick wall hurling u sing DigiView Gold 4. There are 18 bombs down at you in varying degrees pics to scroll through and a choice of of speed. You must collect the incendi four sound tracks, including an ade • • aries before they hit the floor. The Art q uate rendition of Ja rre ’s O xygene II. Of Noise's Close To The Edit heralds Even though quality of reproduction has I suffered, nothing can diminish Vallejo's the game's arrival and rounds off the work and he's amongst the best in his fun. field. 17 Bit, Disks 1644 A&B * * ★ * SHARP AS RAZORS Razor have done it again. Their new - demo shows the Amiga's ability to pro duce top-notch scrolling effects to the I full. Starting off with some fantastic text presentation, complete with fades, frac I turing and 3D space animations. Highly entertaining stuff from an extremely pro fessional outfit. No boring vectors or text here. Brilliant. 17 Bit, 1604 * * * * LAND LOVERS California-based teams never do anything by halves. If they want to produce a supposedly impossible effect on the Amiga, rest assured they'll do it somehow. That’s why these Iwo 1Mb land scape animations last a mere five seconds each, but, such is their size, they come on tw o disks. The demos have been put together on a 3Mb A500 using Scenery Animator, and took over five hours to produce. 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Wort* ftaMmng ro. public Domain SLEEPING BAG Greet mubpan Amo with rector* music PMD9B EFIASURf MIX flemix ot erastves fop song* A-usrg demo o( Saddam meeting FTmidcm Bush !t! PMlOO m MANX RAVES ffarWsnc * aik mJ c set vM» SHipeone an«a.<. 5 MEGAOEMO VIM leads of Ntod rectors and muMcffl PMHM 500 THINGS COME0ACK « greet rave fype trecka. very weiYdone!. GADEMO |2) A grew house music video 4 sector drummer PUiOit KEfRENS MEGAAfTX ftfebuto* dance music. Amacinp quality . . A HARDY Gccd demo sings The Woesome pine *cn»(2). PHI07S PICAtfGA HUSK VOt f A Urge eefecMn of popular lunss. pood!(2| • . . REIDS HYSTERESIS Exceaeni vector graphics I PM109 (0 PC MEGA MUSIC VOUAHuge selection ofpoodMnee«^ MAGNETIC FIELDS SPACEO OUT (2) demo with gre* music tracks PMltD ff PW MEGA MUSIC VOU And y« another gveat sMertlonHI. MAXIMUM OYEBRIOC (2) Very ntcs Wed vector demo by TS8. M3HTY PYTHON 121 BrUlent demo (assuring ka*b*rjeck song .1 ■ — PYTHON NUDGE NUDGE Another amusing sketch (2) SLIDESHOWS X OENO J sissent demo.tsts fx r machine to the knltl2>. THE MNE 0 CLOCK MEWS AmusVnj skrtches on these disks (2). PS0Q1 ADC AMS FAMILY The Addemt famPy eeaned when Unde Fester.... 9 9 p ECES A very good demo wHhight sourced vector*!. PS0Q2 ADVANCE HAM A collection ol trlllent digitised pctures with music • INTERSPACE Is Ome PSOCJ AGATRON S Some superb HAM ptaturee. creeled by ToOas RkMer.. PS004 AGATRON 6 WirediBle 4096 color ray traced SS. Get this one?» PS005 AGATRON 8 Excellent HAM picture* with some good music loo. Mega! IA huge demo based on Aim! PS006 AGATRON 9 More ot Richters superb works, again based ai Star trek.. ic beets i -lid copper plasma!. PS007 AGATRON 12 Some more great pctures on this new disk. . . _.ALMACAf EGAAnabecMSy superbIllled«.______. PS008 ABC RAFT SIDE Lots ol pictures ol lighter arcrstt. . I (MSGS IN SPACE A classic demo, the kids wit love H PS009 ASTRONCMV SACE Nice pi ------r “ " IPRSCNER DEMO Rementoet the old 60s series’ herss the demo! • Mrs dig it isr pwcuge in cow*. TEXTPLUS 3.0 I R&LMj THE TRIGGER Well bid out set ot demos » •Of ■H ilt AP0065 . REVEflSI . SNAKES 4 1DERS 2 wel known game* METAL CODERS Present (racial demos disk, very nice- PS0141S BUTTERFLIES |2| High quality sldshow ol Dutterfiie* By WS . AP0096 . PAIR IT Maich the card MEGADEMO II An oW classic Blast from me past!. APD103 A. PICK UP A PUZZLE SoFre,. COMA This one is a classic ! the heel Aod video on Amiga PSCI.'CMAJNSAVY SUFI Is Great, the pktu** are r*tt but Mad!. APO110. CROSSFIRE Nice game, keepepthe Ihe Udioccupttd fa age* SNAP A nice demo .ith spooky style music track. Groat psc 19 colour: yclee , . AP011S • BALLOOHACY Good version P the classc TUPLE TROUBLE Some brtlianl ptosma attects hart). Pvv 'IRK P rnn maide-i-yp* fM AP0130 . THE WOODEN BALL A shareware game Imt SECTOR CeBIT 90 An old dassic Irlod vector demo muse PS021DARKLORD SS Lola ctpduree n the Dartlords styte AP0132 . FAMILY HISTORY DATABASE Nice geraPogy program 1r f l RED SECTOR MEGADEMO (2) SKI stood the test ol 11ms. good - PS02JDEAWNS ■ Aquaitv SSfromMJryk ot Demons with music AP0137 . THE TRIAL Sirtng tile pun* lo ePre wchm a time Him IKOCREXCHBOWJM Superb demo with great graphics arafmurt:.. PS024 DESERT 6LAM0 s i lots ot nice pctures on Pm disk. . AP0148 • DEMOLITION MISSION Another version P popular barber gem* 1 mb IKOOPEI MENTAL HAHGOVER One o< ms best demos o» all oms.. PS02626 01VINE VISIONS (21A SS ol Myttrytoglcal godt wtlh muMe . APOI66 . PICK UP A PUZZLE Dstedisk 3 I Of THE BEAST DE4W Superb demo ot a classic game'. PS027 OR WHO SS Plalea ol Dr Who end the Intemoue Deleks!. AP0167 . JIGMANIA Datadlrt I i needs LP0131 GLOBAL TRASH Thrs Is s MUST for ell demo (reeks - PS028 FENN TASTK VOL 1 Plcbae show ot Twin peeks star Sheryln Fe AP0178 . OATABASE MASTER V2.0 Nice database program, n ICE latest demo (torn me SUents Bnlllent music . PS029 FORBIDDEN PLANET Nice slide vMh slory lest Ot cull 50s SC II APOlB 1. DL»G£OH DELVER Roam rood mem coitocl keye Me (2 dirts! • BY DECAY With superb anlmeton end e greet music best PS030 FRAXION FUTURE VISION Great tinusy SS. lab for to ree.. AP01S2 3 . PIXIE KINGDOMt AnoPtofAnother grgood expioitton — ------geme on 2 a . . . . EQUNOX Remix of the song* pics of our lave Bam. 2 PS03I GARFIELD Diglllwd SSotthewnoonherobyJmd^^J * 9 * Diode m Ms menu erts game 14 ST PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS 60s syle demo from 8rsale<2). PS032 GENXIOE greet tamasy slide > TECHNOfUGHT MEGAOEHO Not s bed HtOs megademo, PS033 GERMAN RAY TRACE High oualily , iTECHNOFRIGHT A apooky demo with good music A etlecls! P9334 GRUSEL SU0€ Eerie fantasy Vide from Germany. ITCMSCRT TRP TO MARS Very good 3DHtod vector trip lo mars 5 HARRY ENFIELD SS A SS ot Harry Enfield & Smith 1 Jates. AP0237 . SHAPES Very nice HI* pun* game. ITOMSCET YfiTUAl WORLDS An absolute Epic! Bell demo ot the year PS036 HEROIC DREAMS SS 1 Great tentasy an pics from PENDXE . AP02S7 . CASSETTE LABELLER . MIXEOSOURCE Make your own c* .. ~eko Superb graphics A sound In Wa greai demo.. PS037 HEROIC CREAMS SS 2 More greet fantasy an pctures . AP0271 . WIZARDS DOMAIN Nicety done graphical adventure game DEMO Great music A superb colour cycled g*t irg .. PS038 HEROIC DREAMS SS 3 And vet more great taneasy pictures. * AP02B4 . AMOSAGRAM Nice anagram program. lift MG DEMAND Really good Nied vector demo PS039 INVISIBLE WORLD MM one lor people scared of creepy crawtas!. AP0292 . WAR OF THE FOUR A Areware graphic adventure game VECTORS TO HEAVEN New demo just to. check A out!, PSO40 IRON MAIDEN SS Digitised pics ot ton maiden A more!. AP0293 . GRAND PRII SIMULATOR Hof a race game.more P a simuaiion. m Of THE DEMON DEIM Another lo show oft the mechnes gti. PS041 42 JIMI HENDRIX SS Great pcshow ol 9c 80s rock legend! (2). AP03I4 . BLACKJACK TRAMP A nice new btock|ack game! OUTLAND latest demo tree a prolific out!*! Excellent P3M3 JOE SS 1 Very good quality SSs drawn in Dpaint Joe sex APD318. BONG Gee Hetbefl back home to his village! S GUARDIAN DRAGON A very nice new demo horn Ketrens! PSD44 JOE SS 2 More supoh ptos by Joe. Check them out lor youreaff APD326 . HANGMAN V2 Hangman gane wHh edHa! rECHNO FRK5HT Vectors In from of Ham pics? Good! . PS045 KELLY SS Some eicefcnt quality HAM picture* . APD326. HYPERBAIL Latest vertion P woodenbal. an exedent game! WHEY TALKS Amusng animated cartooni ol Angus A co!. PSM6 KIM WILDE SS lots of pics But manly In black 4 while . APD329 . FRUIT MACHINE Quite a nice let* fruit machine program! BAD BOYS MANGADANGAD JapareseJapanese stylest carloons A lochro muse' PS047.48 MADCMNA SS Lola of pictures bu< reeds I mg 4 2 drtvee |2| APD333 . AMERICAN FOOTBALL RADIO VERSION You are a loolbel coach' OCCAYNGNG PARADISE WryVery goodL rector demo 4 muse! . PSM940 MADCMNA DICK TRAC* SLOE Oats nice SS, (2) APD334 . SNAKE IN THE GRASS Collect white mushroom* atod toedrtooto' OF NOPE 2 Great meoadcmo. gccd music & graphics' PSM2 NAGa PICTURES Great hi ret pictures from a temout erOel.. AP0340 . KARATE WORM Very nice platform game, paging over worms PC OY i Great pack inc. SubstinM. Shining vector, 4 more1 - PS063 NAPALM DEATH SLIDE Thie one to lor over the top moehers only!. APD3A3 . SAVE THE TREES Slop the boddie* destroying the trees! S SUBLIMINAL VISION Very heavyNavy rave mupc______& graphcs!Very .. P9MA NASA SLIDES I Picture of the epece ehuttle lending etc. Hof Bed MINE INSPIRATION New music d*» by GoldfY* Very good PSOS5 NASA SLIDES 2 More pdUM Ihle Sme viewed bom epee*, good! . RAZOR 1911 VOYAGE Another greef oarT* winner demo Super effects' PSC66 NEWTEK DYNAMC HAM A SS of Newteke new 640x512 4096 colors . iC V20 Demo version P 7vwy pcwertoP^MM1 H ALCATRAZ CODESS V A wesor* Sdsi apace exbavegariH f BnO ■ <51 PSCS7 NEXT PIXILIUM Very rvce pciuree *11 done In Dcclnl ptus some music. APD382 . SQUATS REVENGE Operation woH type game! CPIOfOCS HARDWIRED faO space mth auperB edects A music <2 PSK8 WGHTBREED YiWky SS trom the llm. Music huts the pictures!. ' ANGELS EVOLUTION OEUO Greet csycfiedeM: vectors I mo*' PS05960 NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET SS greet lor all baddy fans ffl . I ANARCH. SEENW IS 8EUEVIWG flndiint demo w«h exeWenl ms^cfT PS«1 NIK WILLIAMS Some very well digued pciuree trom the pcturewere. I 'De Ja ‘Uu Litenseware £3.50 ‘Each TRACKERS POWER A AGONY DEMO Some unusual Vtclor efleefs '. PSC62 NW DYNAMIC HAM More trom the Mk WHlaavs sere* Superb quality.. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMCELSIUS a MORE VECTORS A Terminator infro , hundreds of vectors .1. PSCE3 PENTAGON 4 DRIFTERS Vary high quality Ht-re* BVf lertasy pciuree. LPDOt . COLOURING BOOK CPour m toe nursery rhyme pictures P9CE4 PHOTMONTAGEI SS on various subjects very nicety done . IPOO . ABC AWuEL MATHS An educabcnel game to help kids wtlh PS065 PHOTOMONTAGE I Another great slide ot verious subjects.. IPOB3 . GALLEONS Fcdow up lo Ihe o»u»r dogfqhl I game. MUSIC DISKS PSQ66 POP STAR PICS Piecles ot Mel 4 Kim. Madonna. Curiosity 4 PS8 . LPD04 . THINGAM AJIG Superb |lguw Sty* n— Inr kid. ~“ 17 RICK PARKS ART Opelni style pctures all dene In HI f t ----- LPOC6 . JUNGLE BUNGLE Icoi Ptven aJv lame tor ihe kids too GREATEST 64 TUNES Over TOO classic 64 tunes Imortalrsed ! . PSC68 ROGER DEAN Digitised Pctures by the anto! al In HAM mode. Good. LPO06 . PUKADA 4 SPRITES Avoid aH Ihe at you remove the Mas THE POWER Excellent re-mli of the song by Snap.. PSCS970 SIIENTSCH 42 (25 This Is superb, sides pus a greet music back. LPO07 ■ FOUR WAY LYNX A2? level pua* 0 a mein center Die | Vi MORE THAN MUSIC A superb music disk well presented. PS071 SPACE BUBBLES Greet lantasy an pciuree to interlaced ha- . l PDCfl. WORK 4 PLAY 3 reail. good educational gamesiames on this diskPsk IZWG TUNES 113) This ones a bOgy loads ol greet music! LPOIO . THE WORO FACTORY (Vrtt program helps the kids to sped PARTY WINNERS Four EXCELLENT songs that won the party . LP011 . OOGETTER A card geme where you have to pass go. TIC INVISIBLE MAN Also mcludes a rent, of ride at ome PS075 TOTAL RECALL Music and pclurts bom the Amw's Sci b Mm. Great!. LP012 . HYPNOTIC LANOS catch bells coftng down lour Akron tones :US CLASSICAL Superb renditions o4 Era Kleiner sic. . P907&77 TERMINATOR II SHOE Greet »de P a greet tin !. LPD13 . JIGMANIA A jigsaw solving pun* 4 a |igsa« conrtruclton HI Y CAPTURED IMAGINATION Excebenl music by A ltai . PSM1 WATERSHIP DOWN Cute side P thcne rabbits, greet tor the Uds.. LP01A . PLAY IT SAFE For Ihe very young, helps to teech safety at heme BANGING RAVES Yeah ! Pump up the music, kickin remix ot house bpdure LPD15 . ABC AtoGEl SHAPES Mike pctures bom a variety P shapes BEAST SCMIX Scoopex present the muse bom Boas) I an turw* . PSOA WWF WRESTLERS Pictures ot Hull Hogenarend the reel of 'Em Great!. LPD16 . REVERSIII REVEBSII New reproredunproved version olPReversi Reversi I BEATIES SONO La* of Seanes music done n Son!'. LPD17. OOGFIGHTIOOGFIGHT I" Up to an8 * Payer— -shootemup • game. Greet! 1BEATUASTER 60S STATE CuWk and more P Ihla type P muflc PSM6 SONIC OYNAMH HIRES 5 Superb *096 colour pks on Ihto die** . LPD1B. TOUCHSTONES An Ithido type gim* ptayed with Hies ASTER I LOVE TECHNOLOGY More P the rave type music. . PS087 ALTERED DECEPTIONS Siperb dto.p pctures trom CM? NIB’. . .IS MUSICBOXI This is greet Jan-Funk muetc I . PS08J EVOLUTION SLIOf Pic* bom one certM At* to iK-tmBy??. LPD20 * WORDY A Cast: /kmosware wordprocessa program, quit* good IP021 • OJNGO Greet qua game n which you pity Btow BRUNDS MUSIC BOX M Mae pntonk style muw Get It!. PSOW RAINBOW SLIDES Zippy .. UIUnftcilmi„ 4 Bungle 4 toe rheme muWcf ! CLASSIC Al MUSIC Greet mutic P BecX Handel sec bom Rob Baxte* . PS090 FRACTALGEN GrNf IVactlf Ui 4 Star siuddM sbee. mueto.’. LPD22 . LC10 FONTS New fonts la your Star itlO IC}® prraer " MUSIC I Anoher great dateicai mueic d«k . LPD23 . ESP CodeP the letcrs ESP * BACTERIA Greet music disk one P the beet ever!. LPD2S • THE MISSION A great toil adventure written m HHPt bat* . AUDIO! Another classic music disk, greet mueic. MUSIC UTILITIES & MIDI LPD26 . CYAD Cokct the dlaworts to to* pun* gam* - MODE MUSIC Nice eoundtrackered disk p their mueic! • LP027 . FLOWER POWER grow kowert bPor* bug* munch them away DNOB MUSK 3 A Greet quality house mueic runlx. Really good!. PT001 AlGORYTHMS Mdl program tor synlhellc music creaboa i DGITAL CONCERT 2 Ttwleen mlnulet P music. Docttr'ln the house PT002 ART OF MED Del lull of Med music scaes.. DGITAL CONCERT 3 Anolher house music rH ® Grew quality - Love * PT003 AS AUDIO MAGIC Cokctton P soundlrackers and ripping crogs! LPD30 . SHY HER Nursery rhyme adventure game fa young a okl r*l CONCERT A Fou songs Inckalng GP to keep on • Brilliant!!. PT®A AS AUDIO MAGIC 2 Latest cPIeclion p soundbacker programs! LP031. CLI PRINTER OtAlP Prints * screen dump P the screen display fAL CONCERT 5 The Power. Kaos. Keep Busiin Touch Me. BrlT. PTOOS CASIO CZ EDITOR Superb program . 2S0 patches tor Case CZ sane*.. IPO12 - HARD ORIVE MENU SYSTEM Has menu P over 3.903 Hem* M ID VERSION 3.2 PT0O6------DELUXE MUSIC DATA & 4 need nvdl svnths (Deluxe muwc) LPDJ3 . CREATIVE ADVENTURE TOOLKIT Produce Stand atone adventures : sequencer. Complex lo use. but good LP034 . INVOICE PRINTER Quick production P invoices on paper DOTAL DEBUSSY 2 More greet Debussy back* on PTOOS GAMES MUSK CREATOR i LP03S . T-TECORAW Technical drawing (eogram wtlh print facAtws S DO THE BARTMAN |3I The Chan topcro song sa PT0O9 IFF SAMPLES Greai sa LP036 . FRACGENI Oreal (racial program genarata ECUAMANUIUAMAN1AI Demo withwtlh a greetgreat dance music...... track and tab equators! PTO'OPT010 JAMCRACKER FourF< chennP chip music sequencer HanPes » LP037 . ROCKET MATHS Help chl&en in maths w» Bws game EVl FORCES Brand new mega aodhouse demo (sweanng7i(21. PTOIl KAWAIK1KAWAI K1 EdeaE< la changing your patches on your kt^oerd LPD38 . AMOS ART Contain, lots P lonlsbob*spPes 4 scenery becks HEllOWEEN DEMO Great sewnrg rock guitar dawe! (2 dSa| FT0I2PT0I2KAWAIKATI KAWAI K4 Tha is sknlar lo above, e patch edno- tor K4 synlhf LP038 . MAGIC FOREST II Greet stdewrys scrofling ptoHc PT013 MED J.2 Ven LPOIO . SPRITE BANK EDITOR Makes speHes reelly easy lGOLCFIRE CEREBRAL OEuGMTS i2; E.ceiliml rrusie 0*1 . PTOU MED MUSIC ...... LPD4I . RESCUE A 30 adventure game done with 3D con, " ' OOCKLANOS The keyboard wjard. sampled on , A500 PIUS* OWNERS WE ALSO STOCK:- FISH DISKS 1 - 590. TBAG. our catalogues are now ASOO ptui compatible BLITTERCHIPS SCOPE, A M IG O S , A M ICU S LIBRARIES, BLANK wRh ' signs lo Indicate com patibility f UPD5. CLIFFE HOUSE. PRIMROSE DISKS. DISK BOXES. DUSTCOVERS. JOYSTICKS .. ST, KEIGHLEY, BD21 4NB Just c a ll us (or details < 0535 667469 PIXEL PERFECTION DEMOS Veteran programmer, Steve Packer, is known throughout PD Land as a formidable force. The presentation on his disks is second to none. Whilst most SUPER BOW LED PD serves to promote programmer’s Definitely one for American Football skills as games developers, most come fans, it's unfortunate that this over as self-indulgent twaddle and serve demo is presented in hi-res little purpose at all. Steve’s space demo, and subsequently suffers Extrodyne One, is exactly what you’d from terrible flickering. The look for if you were a programming head disks chronicle every gather hunter. Great attention to detail and ing of the gigantic event until s u pe rb co m p lim e nta ry m usic. It’s ju s t a present day. The teams, the pity you can't play the thing. If you want venues, the scores, coaches, to know what the big knobs are looking players, and the disks even for, th is is it. include pictures of the tickets MBS, Disk H683 ***** for the games. Special inter e s t only? W e think so. 17 Bit, Disks 1611 A + B ** MUSIC MASTER SIMPLE SOUNDS From the same people who bought My Secret Garden are the only half- y o u la s t m o n th s fab u lou s five -d isk decent sampling team to put forward a space demo, Odyssey, comes disk this month. There’s nothing special Alcatraz’s Music Disk 1. Ten tracks, about the presentation, but the subject none named, are delivered from a matter stirs -m * comprehensive hi-tech CD player. som e m em o The songs can be played in any ries. The four order by using the programming fea ture and they're pleasant enough samples are tunes. segm ents Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM17 Bit, Disk 1 6 1 0 ** from Simple m * Minds tracks: F t: C o rj A Lore way C o m e A F2: Shear RUar F3: Pr*mcnitton Long W ay, ^ F«: R*prW Ghost Rider, ______Premonition and Reprise. I used to really like the band s o th a t’s w h y it’s in ! S h o rt and sw eet. MBS, Disk M387 * * r r r r r T T u n r Rebel Soft, not to be out done by Mi Schwartz, are on the L em m in gs band wagon, with a lengthy animation concerning our green-haired chums. This one PDTOP TEN | even has a moral to it. The ‘movie’ has been cre A-Animation S-Sound U- ated by Jon Patton and is split into several U tility G-Game M-Miscellaneous sections compressed onto one disk. 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If, like us, the footy pools play an important part in your dreams of becoming a mil WORKBENCH HACKS lionaire, this useful utility is Workbench hacks alter the way your Workbench functions. For a must. Using match data that instance, one o f these short little programs w ill make the you specify, it automatically Workbench screen melt away pixel by pixel, can turn the pointer calculates all winning lines. into-a vacuum that sucks up any icons it comes near, o r till the It's ideally suited for people screen with bubbles. Most are completely useless, although there who do the pools as members are some that perform semi-useful functions. Pegasus have bun of a syndicate because it dled many of the best Workbench hacks, with 58 of the blighters checks a lot of permutations on one dlskl very quickly. Stars, one of the more useful effects, places a scrolling star Before using the program, field at the back of the current Workbench or CLI window. Apart a text tile has to be created from being attractive, it also stops your TV or monitor from suf containing your plans. This fering phosphor burn, which is caused when stationary images w ill then be used for assess which have been left onscreen tor a while leave an impression on ing the paints gained by score the front ot the tube. draws, etc. Another interesting hack is Target, which turns your pointer The program’s been w rit into a telescopic sight. Each time you click the mouse, a gunshot ten using AMOS, but is very is heard - silly, but amusing. Drunken Mouse is one ot the fun slickly presented. It's nier hacks, and causes your pointer to meander around the inevitably going to take a screen as if it's had one too many and Rocket creates a missile long tim e to enter the that homes initial match data, but in on your once that's done, this cursor. 17 Bit program should save Software, you quite a lot ot time. Disk #1570, Strictly PD. Disk #U316, **** *** PLAY'N'RAVE IMAGE UTILITIES If you write music using Noisetracker, Soundtracker o r Protracker, Anyone who’s serious about this program allows the user to produce your first digital album! graphics and video w ill want Play'N'Rave enables you to link up to ninety modules together to this great utility disk. create a single, continuous tune Showtont40 lasting more than two hours. The is a neat little modules can be spread across program to dis any number of disks, or can be play a ll the stored on hard disk. characters of Whilst one module is playing, any selected the next one will load, so to fo n t. It's a far ensure that each tune flows smoothly into the next, each quicker and eas module needs to play for at least ier way of as long as it takes to load the viewing a type next. You'll also need enough face than memory to store two modules in loading it into RAM simultaneously. D-Paint or There's very little else to say Notepad, and it about this program: it’s profes occupies much sionally written and presented, less memory. a n d it w o rks well. Virus Free, Play’N'Rave Prog, * * * Next up, Image Lab is an excellent image-processing program which can perform a number STORY LAND 2 of useful transformations to Aimed at children aged between four and eight, Story Land 2 offers an interac your graphics, and gives the tive fairy story. At the beginning of the program, the child is asked to enter user a number of professional their name and address and, throughout the game, these details are used to per sonalise the story. options previously found in The fairytale is told by means of colourful pictures and short sentences commercial products, such Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMdescribing each one. Much of the child's □ as Pixmate, only. response is restricted to clicking the mouse on Also included on the disk certain objects, although the occasional 'magic is one of the first PD imple w ord' has to be typed in. SUrdult C.llW mentations of JPEG, the Ifcffjhuul The story is engaging, although there's a defi screen compression system n3 a ... f .—j nite animal rights undertone to the proceedings. This is ft«*M Com* tab. i< that's taking the graphics hardly surprising as the author declares that all profits * ' «-n ~ * k U -.-x. tad .p .lj U dMt,*. world by storm. It's best from the game will be sent to the Anti-Vivisection suited to ‘real-world’ pic League. S t.. Sk iv , tures as opposed to Story Land 2 is a really excellent program of com mercial quality. It gently develops logical thinking by cartoons, and can achieve prompting the child to relate actions with effects. It also helps with basic compression rates of over 30 keyboard and reading skills, although I wonder if some of the words are too complicated for the age group to one. A must-have for the that the disk is aimed at. Strictly PD, Disk #5356, ***** graphics enthusiast. PD Soft, Disk #V518, * * * * VIDEO AND ANIMATION UIHJ11ES This disk forms the ideal accompaniment to the A ud io Animation Studio (also reviewed this issue), as if con ADDRESS BOOK tains a selection of invaluable animation utilities. PD-Sott, 1 Bryant Avenue, The most useful of these are grouped under the Southend-on-Sea, heading 'Cyro Utils', and are connected with the cre ation of animations. Combine Anim jo in s tw o separate Essex, SS1 2YD. anim. files together to make a single larger animation Seventeen Bit, P0 Box 97, which can be edited in D-Paint III or IV. Split Anim performs the opposite function, breaking large anima W akefield, WF11XX. tions into smaller parts. 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W Nick Veitch rubs his magic floppy few page!disk and hopes that Professional Page 3.0 will fulfill his wishes. though, you simply work out how to per form the operation once, write a script, and sit back and watch real office automation get to work. The extension of this is the Page Creation Genie. Imagine you know noth ing about layout. Imagine you need to create a ADDRESS BOOK newsletter-style front page Gold Disk's in, say, 30 seconds. Now Professional Page imagine you have a Page C reation G enie. A n sw e r a 3.0w ill be available, fe w que stion s and, a sp o t of from, amongst other multiple choice later, you places: Precision productivity b o n u s whizzo graphic designer, but it's a bit of have your page. This inter Distribution 081 543 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMThe disturbing thing about productivity a bummer if you think that leading is active page creation need 3500. Price not yet softw are is th a t everyon e is found on church roofs. 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I mean, it doesn't come in a bottle FONTSY STUFF or have a big curly moustache and The second major update to P roP age is equally curly gold slippers. In fact, it's the addition of Adobe Type 1 font sup P u b lish in g W e e k | so nothing more than a set of ARexx port. This may mean nothing to you m acros - b u t th e y are v e ry cunning unless you own a Mac or a high-pow ■iPI ARexx macros. Most applications writ ered IBM. Adobe hold the copyright to a ten after the advent of Workbench 2.0 large proportion of the world's supply of have some sort of ARexx capability, but scaleable fonts, fonts which are sup usually this is just a few token loading ported by DTP systems such as and saving options, so they can boast P ag e m ake r and QuarkXPress on the ARexx compatibility. Not so ProPage. M ac a n d V entura on the PC. 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(Nt=) = Not A500 Plus ( 773 SHARK ANIMATION * (NP) deadly ray-tracmg' BLANK DISKS ACCESSORIES 825 BUDBRAIN 1 (2)(X)(NF^ great 2 disk demo . naughty txts! 895 A TRIP TO MARS (NP) demo with a difference Please call for 906 MADONNA CARTOON ANIM “(NP) short digitised animaton Mastersound Sampler ... £34.99 935 MADONNA : HANKY PANKY (P) excellent Madonna sample latest prices! Keyboaro Cover...... £2.99 1033 AT THE MOVIES ** (NP) loves of a squirrel? GAMES PACK 1 P r in te r C c v e r ...... £ 4 .9 9 1188 FILLET THE FISH (f^ funny cartoon (SOM E 1 M EG - NOT A Monitor Dust Ccver £4.99 1229 BUDBRAIN 2 (NP) good as the first one? you judge1 DISK BOXES 37 TITLES INCLUDING INVA 1238 EVIL DEAD DEMO (X) ‘ (NP) get them before they get you' Mouse Ma t ...... £2.99 TETRIS. ASTEROIDS, MIS 1453 MORE AEROTOONS * (P) 3 Schwartz classics 10 capacity 99p 2 piece Printer Stand £4.99 COMMAND, AND MANY MO 1540 AMY VS. WALKER ANIM • (NP) Eric Schwartz at his best! entronics rnter able 1541 BATMAN ANIMATION • (P) funny Schwartz animation 40 capacity £4.99 C P C .. £6.99 8 DISK SET ONLY E7.9S 1552 MAGICIAN ANIMATION 2 * (P) simply magic! 80 capacity £6.99 Modulator Exten'n Cabl££1 2.99 1560 PHENOMENA ENIGMA* (P) superb gfx and music Action Replay III (plusok) £56.99 " G A M E S P A C K 2 1628 DO THE BART, MAN * (NP) a must for a l Simpsons fans! 100 capacity £7.99 1701 TRON ANIMATION (2) • (P) Based on the film Naksma Mouse...... £26.99 (1 M E G ONLY - N O T A500.) 1707 DECAY : SIMPSONS DEMO • (P) should appeal to everyone Roctec Dsk Dr ve...... £59.99 BALLOONACY, CROSSFIRE 1753 UFE OF BRIAN (2) (P) sample from the film Cumana Disk Dr ve...... £59.99 TW INTRIS , W IZ Z Y S QUEST 1841 ANTI LEMMIN' DEMO (2) (NR) - for Lemmings fans w«h 2 meg 512k MEMORY ARCADIA 1850 THE WALL (6)(2D)(NP) * mammoth Pink Floyd six disker! 1000 Disk Labels £12.99 1856 BETTY BOO ANIM / SLIDESHOW (P) domg the Amiga UPGRADES (NP) Stefeo Auoio Leads...... £3.99 5 DISK SET ONLY £4.! 1885 ROBOCOP ANIMATION * (P) digitised from the film Drve Cleaning Krr...... £1.99 1900 SLENTS : ICE DEMO (NP) superb music and graphics Non clock £27.50 1902 VIRTUAL WORLD «(NP) 3D filed vector demo Furry Mouse Ccver...... £3.99 GAMES PACK 3 1943 WINDSURFER ANIMATION (2)(P) * very good With clock £31.50 Prnter Ribbons Varous (ANY AMIGA - ASOO- COMPAH 1947 MR POTATO HEAD (P)“ funny cartoon antics DRAGON CAVE, DRIP!, ZEUS 1948 MR POTATO HEAD CHIPS ARE UP! (P)“ more adventures MEGABALL. AIR ACE II 1956 CREATURE COMFORTS DEMO (NP) from tha TV adverts W e stock all 1982 3 0 PINBALL ANIMATION * (P) beautiful ray-tracing A 500P LU S 5 DISK SET ONLY £4,* 1 MEG UPGRADES Deja Vu AMIGA A500 PLUS NOW IN STOCK! GAMES PACK4 certain software will not work on the new Amiga. W e are Licenceware ( NOT A 5 0 0 - COMPATIBLE compiling a list of compatible titles, but this will take Takes A500 Plus CARD & BOARD GAMES, SHAH Full written details FRANTIC FREDDIE. SERENE som e time to complete. In the meantime, problems can MENTAL IMAGE GAMES only be checked as they occur. to 2 Meg! £54.99 on request 5 D IS K S E T O N L Y £4.! CStSLft H i l l M l SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS There was a minor amount of fuss when Professional Page 2 .0 came out. as it required (shock, horror) at least 1Mb of memory - and prefer from pjjjfjj ably a lot more. Nowadays most Amigas come with 1Mb as standard. Is this the reason that Gold Disk have raised the memory requirement to 2Mb? at the last count. They are not cheap, No. I think not. I think that the memory requirement has gone up to enable the but there is also a large treefont sheme running in the Macintosh shareware implementation of some required functions. Required, not desired, because any appli market - these are Adobe Type 1 ish cation without an undo function can be frustrating. Any application without ARexx can lonts created by draughting packages be tedious. such as Fontographer. The other system requirement is a hard disk. Although earlier versions would run off If you can get hold ot these fonts, or already own a Mac (which comes with floppies, it was hardly advisable. A hard disk is essential for proper font control for a some as standard), it's possible to con start. Now there is also the benefit of config files saved containing information, such vert them to Compugraphic fonts and as magnification level, layout preferences and drawers for text and bitmap files. use them from within P ro P a g e (or any other software that supports CG fonts). This is done with the aid of OuarkXpress. The lack of import mod Fontmanager, a utility supplied with ules for various image types is not a Propage, and reads the two data files problem if you have A DPro, but I fin d it Power and productivity before creating a complete set of CG hard to believe that Gold Disk don’t files, including an optional Postscript have the ability to create their own f o r all abilities... download file (essential if you are going graphics preprocessing package which to take your work to a printshop to out could be hot-linked in. EASE OF USE 96% put, or if you are using bizarre or Nevertheless, Professional Page 3.0 VALUE FOR MONEY 88% home-made fonts). has stormed way ahead of the rest by EFFECTIVENESS 86% Font control has been reorganised the excellent implementation of ARexx slightly, too. Out is the old CGT program scripts. This gives the whole system FLEXIBILITY 90% which required you to set cache sizes added functionality within the program INNOVATION 94% for fonts, and In is FontEngine, a itself, rather than just allowing it to com dynamic cache controller which presum municate with other processes. The ably makes it easier to multitask Genies not only expand the ability of O VERA LL 9 1 % ProPage. P ropage to perform more complicated tasks but also add intuitive ease of use LA YIN G OUT to the novice. The layout options have been greatly im proved b y th e U n do function. Transparent Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMHow many times have you n Hide Contents | |Box Fruv just finished your masterpiece Text Hr.ip : $None only to accidentally drag a text A l a f f t box out of position on your O Irregular QRight Text Standoff fMJil.TM QExclude way to the save menu? Let it Rotation Angle m * bug you no longer. Margins: Lett L U ftU Top D l E K f Another improvement bring R ln h t CMTTIiM B e t. Im p f r f P o s itio n : L o f t | _____ ing P roP age into line with the HidthQBVT!| Ht. nfUCTB competition is the ability to use The Active bo* requester has gone through a tew changos. Probably most important are the new text runaround options and the abil ity to name boxes (useful when running ARexx macros). Running text around irregular shapes is a lot easier. irregular runarounds. These'work by flowing text around structured graph « •" Oi* l: i 5-> ics but this doesn't mean you can’t use FonlHj»9cr. CHI » the technique on imported bitmaps as m well. Just trace over with a structured line and select it to have a width of zero. Leader |H Saver |-« Other 'catching up with the rest of the m control, more styles, and horizontal scal Fontmanager will allow you to create Compugraphic font files from any PC Adobe Type 1 fonts. ing to compete with packages like Som e things are w orth w aiting fo r ... IT': It’s c does hard H iS oft D evpac 3 Amig :sl:ft that I vs i: sized D evpac Version 3 is here at last. The tw o earlier versions of HiSoft Devpac for the use i Amiga set a standard in 68000 assembly language programming which was hard to U surpass, but we think that we've done it. This new package has had a complete face is no lift, from the editor through to the debugger; in fact so m any features have been added and im proved that w e feel confident in the claim that Devpac 3 is the ultimate com| assembly language development system on the Amiga ... for now! hopii erabl The E ditor right A new multi-window editor with new bookmarks, mouse block-marking, (Smi macros, complete window flexibility b u tv (including m ulti-views on one file), anisr extensive user configuration and full tor u integration with the other Devpac T programs. The editor makes use of Devpac 3 gives com plete control agre W orkbench 2 or 1.3 automatically. over the assem bly process beca The Assembler Improved and extended, the Devpac 3 The Debugger assem bler is now at least 40% faster than Devpac 3 is provided with a versatile its predecessor (without pre-assembly), debugger/disassem bler for bug hunting a supports the full 680x0 range of proces ease of learning. You can have as m any v sors including the m aths co-processors on your program as you like, including its : and has a tremendous number of fcS®Si: source code; then set breakpoints, single switchable optimisations. W ith the instructions etc. even at a source code level ability to pre-assem ble files for inclusion, Again, there is support for all the new Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMit can now claim to be the fastest processors and the floating point chips. assembler on the Amiga. the debugger supplied w ith both packages Devpac 3 comes complete with all the necet include files, a linker, many examples and a c catei helpful manual. sort: and forty SCS H ighspeed Pascal shot nisrr At last, a new Pascal com piler for your Amiga; Highspeed Pascal. Com piling at close 20 000 lines per minute on a hum ble A500 and with a fully integrated environment DDRESS (based on the new HiSoft m ulti-window editor), HighSpeed Pascal is the answ er to 2 M b R o c h ; your programming prayers. E349 trom l The com piler is very close to the standard set by Turbo Pascal 5 on the PC and enables ( 0 8 1 5 you to port program s directly from the PC or ST - even the BGI unit is provided for Asimi graphic compatibility. You can compile separate units, link w ith assembler or use the inline assembler provided and we also supply a special version of our 680x0 debugge* lallyer is £ which allows you to debug Pascal programs at a source code level. H a i The full Pascal language is supported including such worthy additions as structured ( 0 7 1 7 i constants, flexible string handling and absolute variables. look Highspeed Pascal.comes complete u i fron all the necessary files for zvorking wit the Amiga's operating system, a host mati examples and 2 professional, wire- look bound manuals. Corr via e ploy HiSoft Devpac 3 and Highspeed Pascal i e rror detection is fu lly interactive mair just two ol the products that we supply m your Amiga. Other titles include ProFiigH H iS o ft D ci'pac 3 (£69.95) a n d H ighspeed HiSoft BASIC. Extend. SAS/Lattice C 5 an Pascal (£99.95) should be available a l po u r HiSoft C. For more details contact us an HiSoft. The Old School. Greenfield. Bedfa local co m p u ter sh o p now . I f yo u have MK45 5D E UK d iffic u lty locating a copy, yo u can order Tel: (0525) 718181, Fax: (0525) 71371 d irectly fro m H iS o ft b y telephone u sing - Access/Mastercard, Visa, UK debit card (S w itch etc.) o r b y post w ith a cheque/postal order. M e n tio n th is m agazine w hen ordering H i S o f t to receive a £ 1 0 voucher redeemable against High Q uality Software fu tu re purchases fro m H iSoft. HighSpeed Pascal is rem arkably friendly and easy-to-use Looking at Hard Drives? So is Nick Veitch... IT'S THAT HARD! It's common knowledge that AmigaDOS doesn't work very well unless you have a hard drive. After the expense of buying an Amiga, most people are a bit upset to find that they have to fork out another similar sized wodge of money just so that they can use it more easily. Upgrading your system with a hard drive is not a thing to be taken lightly. Like your computer it is probably something you are hoping to use on a regular basis for a consid erable period of time. You've got to get it right. Recently, there have been a number of new drives on the market which are not SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) units, but which use a different interlace and mech anism entirely. IDE drives were manufactured for use with the IBM PC and compatibles. The advantage of this is that there are now a great deal of these drives around, and because the interface system is less compli Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM cated than SCSI (which has to deal with all sorts of other devices such as tapestreamers DATAFLYER IDE The general idea behind Ihe Datallyer is Ihe same as wilh Ihe RocHard - offer a and scanners) they are a bit cheaper - say cheaper alternative lo buying a SCSI device for people who may want a iiard-drive but are not power fiends. forty or fifty quid less than an equivalent The Dataflyer is quile cunning. Although Ihe unit is essentially an add-on for Ihe A500. you can take Ihe card out SCSI drive. The disadvantage, though, is that of Ihe box and slot it into one of the expansion slots on the A2000 or A1500. The unit is considerably longer than most should you need to add further SCSI mecha other drive units but this may not be a bad thing. II you want to add a second mechanism, it can be accomodated nisms you'll have to have both an IDE and a inside the case. The RocHard also has an extra IDE connector but, until someone produces a 3mm tall mechanism, SCSI interface. there's not much chance of fitting it inside the RocHard casing. There’s no provision for memory expansion as standard, but extra memory modules can be obtained to bring the The tw o most prominent unit up to a full 8Mb. The Dataflyer also lacks a game switch, but it's possible to disable the drive on startup by hold protagonists in the IDE field for ing down both mouse buttons. Once again, though, there is no through-port. I suppose it's always going to be that the the Amiga at the moment are hard-drivtf has to be last in the chain. the DataflyerSOO IDE and the Versions are available which offer a SCSI driver, too, but this rather defeats the object of having a budget unit. (081 597 885). RocHard IDE. Let’s take a A similar-sized closer look at them. U.S.A., where they work o il a 60Hz supply) and is quile annoying. The whole point of DATAFLYER Hard Cache ROCHARD having a neat and compact unit which fits . . . n I a g I a 1 1 c e 1071 704 1614) Ttle RocHard is as wide as flush with the side of your machine is that Commodore's A590 drive and you are spared the inconvenience of lots of • 11)K controller • memory card as o p tio n looks very sim ilar apart from the slope at the dangling wires zig-zagging between the dif • works as card in A1500 and A2000 • front of the unit which has been-designed to ferent units of your system. room lor second device in the case match that of the A500. In fact, the RocHard The unit provides slots for memory add looks much better beside the A500 than ons, in the form of slots for eight 1Mb SIMM Commodore's own unit. Power is supplied modules. These are standard memory cards electronic noise levels on a hard drive con via a separate unit. This is obviously some which are also used in both PC and Mac sys troller board to such a degree that a ploy to avoid having to manufacture two tems, ensuring that price and availability isn't through-port would function reliably. main units (one for Europe and one for the a problem. To install, simply remove the lid A games switch at the back of the device of the RocHard and slot the cards in. Setting enables the user to disable the expansion a small jumper block on the board indicates memory, the drive - or both - which is handy to the Autocontigure system how much when running older software affected by it. ROCHARD memory has been installed. Increments of ... a I ii glance 2Mb (up to a possible 8Mb) can be installed. CONCLUSION The RocHard lacks a through-port lor The RocHard offers a more attractive unit • 11)1: and SCSI connectors • <>n hoard other expansion port add-ons. This is always with easier expansion routes but, for bud annoying but is to a certain degree under getary reasons, the Dataflyer may be a better e x tern al power supply standable. It is a difficult task to reduce the bargain at up to fifty quid less. 309.310J11 3 DISK I MEG STAR TREK (BRILLIANT) 222 • RAM MAN AGfR. TURNS OFF MEG 1633 GATOR GRAPWCSTUTORIAL 1536 GULF CON FLICK 2 MEG) E SOIWATZl 370 TENNIS. AGAIN I MEG. VERY PLAYABLE 263 HOME UTILITIES. BANK PROGS ETC 1632 PROTRACKER I IB (SEQUENCER) 1335 ATI AGILITY I IM MEG) E SCHWARTZ 430 GOLDERN FLEECE. GREAT TEXT ADVENTURE 731 SID • OTHER PROGRAMS I FILE HANDLER) 1621. 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TELEPHONE FOR MORE DETAILS GET YOUR © THE BO O K Getting your code organised is far from easy. Mat Broomfield consults Kuma's new guides for help... PROGRAM DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR THE AMIGA Program design is one ol the most neglected areas of computer program ming. Many are for competent programmers v/ho sit down to write, and work things out as they go along. Although it's possible to code in this way, the end results are likely to be disorganised, inefficient, and hard tor others to understand. Thus, a knowledge ot structured programming is an asset tor anyone hoping to create their own programs, whether they're working in Basic, C, 68000 or whatever. Design Techniques teaches programmers the disciplines and techniques that are necessaiy tor tackling complex programming problems. It's not tor the beginner, though, as it tackles such helty topics including Warnier dia grams and Abstract data types. 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The whole concept of drawing and Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMMathVision must be amongst the most inno ating programs illustrate the unique colouring by numbers, with mathematical vative applications to have been implemented attributes of their format. Each segment of a functions and formulae, opens a whole new tor any computer medium. It is much more curve is repeatedly replaced by ever smaller and exciting field of expression. For the more than the coming together and enhancement copies of the whole curve. To avoid crossing mathematically inclined. MathVision provides ot the many Mandel and Fractal generators its own path, the resulting fractal traces an an attractive medium for the demonstration that have preceeded it. W ith support tor over infinite length which is nevertheless con of scientific priciples o r data. scanned. HAM-mode, Mandelbrot set tained within finite space. The tortuous animations and unlimited recursions, it may wiggleyness and irregularity of fractal forms GETTING TO GRIPS be the ultimate fractaliser. Yet it is also a is now increasingly perceived as the only On loading, the program opens onto a default powerful picture producer and processor tor valid description of the world about us for image and the Edit Screen. W hilst the lines of the artist, or data display tool tor the statisti which the language of squares, cubes, circles equations may look a little disconcerting to cian. and spheres was never adequate. the non-mathematician, the package lends The graphical representation of mathe Mathvision allows the user to explore itself well to a gentle path of self-tutoring. matical data must be familiar to and create, from every conceiv- Using the topmost Edit screen line, enter one everyone who toiled away •fe able arithmetic function, a of the simplest tunctions suggested in the during their secondary ^ < F window onto the dual manual: (X '2 ♦ Y "2 )’ and M athvisionwill school days over .9 V area of chaotic maths compile and transform this data into a squared paper. M i and fractal dimen screenful of colour-cycieable concentric cir More recently this sion. The user can cles. Next, tty basic trigonometric functions lias had an etteci manipulate at will such as sin(x) or cos(x) to render simple sine on the media the monsters ot waves. where charts are the complex There is always a learning curve with busy plotting tire plane from detailed applications of this type, but changes in m ort Mandel and Julia Mathvision is more intuitive than most. The gage rates or f t sets to Biomorphs hardened Mandelbrot creator will, for exam public political opin W ressembling primi ple, find that editing the boundary's rendering ion. What is new is .. tive life forms or algorithm is accomplished w ith considerable the more recent discov- T3 models mimicking maq- more ease and power trom within Mathvision ery that many areas of netism. Alternatively, than from other programs dedicated to this mathematics so long considered accept or edit MathVisioris task. Those with programming skills will teel the domain of sad old men with slide-rules examples of fractal seeds, and their recur a natural affinity lor the nested conditionals are rich in aesthetic wealth. sive iteration and fractalisation into bushes found in the recursive code of a fractal curve. It is in the creation and construction of and flowers. The mathematician should have an intuitive shapes, both as irregularly natural as branch Even for the artist less enthused by the feel for the algebraic soup through which ing trees, winding rivers o r fluffy clouds, or visual realms of chaotic math or fractal lesser mortals must occasionally flounder. as rigidly restrained as Koch snowflake dimensions, there remains a limitless range Object renderers will best exploit the power curves or space-filling Peanos and Hilberts, of uniquely amazing images and animation ful hut tricky plane-tilting Viewpoint option lor perspective plot modes. not yet persuaded it to accept my home Expressions and data to be transformed made code designed to track the future are accepted by MathVisioris Edit Screen. A course of, say. a mortgage. Although a facil primary lunction is entered on the uppermost ity of such power is hardly required to line labelled Val:'. This, in turn, may access foresee the discouragingly predictable, the the other functions FA.FB...FI, typed into the author makes a valid link between a busi appropriate lines below. The function Val:fa ness-orientated potential for MalhVision, and • lb',where 'FA xos(xty)' and FB:sin(x-y)', is the program's tax deductabilityl! a tutorial example of a very simple piece of code that is capable, with minor editing, of THOSE CONTOUR producing a wide variety ot 3-dimensional MOMENTS perspective landscapes. This capacity for an It is in Contour mode that the aesthetic capa algorithm of stark sim plicity to be trans bilities really start to shine. However, it is not formed into displays of surprising complexity without a cost. As with all heavy number is often encountered when using this pro crunching applications, speed is not one ol gram. It reaches its zenith in the Mandelbrot MathVisioris finer points. It is therefore often Set boundary curve, infinite in its detail and prudent to obtain a swift preview, displayable yet rendered from a basic function of the on a 80x64 pixel screen, as a typical over torm 'z <— z"2 * c \ It is this property that scanned, interlace, medium-deplh MandelSet excites biologists and philosophers alike, zoom will tie up a plain vanilla A500 for 3-12 who find analogy in the development of life in & I hours. its wealth of complexity, from genetic code Another interesting and useful feature - building blocks of contrasting simplicity. rarely encountered elsewhere - is the ability Returning to the Edit Screen, accessory to save, reload and then recommence gener functions FA and FB perform their operations ation of a long project. Images are saved as on the arguments that they address (x and y). PCF (Picture, Colour, Formula). If you're Xmin. Xmax, Ymin and Ymax must now be lucky enough to own 32-bit RAM and a dou specified to set the dimensions of the image ble digit processor then you can exploit and the result plotted for each point con MathVisioris double-precision Math (IEEE) tained therein. As every pixel has its own version Doug Houck makes provision for unique (x.y) coordinates, feeding these num more modest systems by his bers through the tunction cos(x ♦ y ), sin(x - inclusion of a 'Divide and y)' must result in a third figure. Conquer' plotting option that 'z', for each point. If these z val- ■ I P B finds large regions of the same ues are now translated into iteration depth and uses the different colours, the plane of ^ blitter to fill them as blocks. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMpixels contained on the screen This speeds up rendering will be displayed as a pictorial B times greatly and is the rou- representation of the numbers it tine used in Nico Francois' finally contains. f # A MandelBlitz freeware pro- Colour-contour mapping is. of ' gram. course, the traditional tool by Zoom magnification is the which images of the complex ;.rv • navigational tool associated plane are viewed. It is the imple with self-similar fractals in mentation. inspired or otherwise. general, and the Mandelbrot Of this tricky option which olten set in particular General dictates the ditterence between preservation of main struc- artistic masterpiece and broad tural elements is usually bands of discordant colour. , noted albeit with variation in Although the program does pro- ' / the more subtle detail at vide a built in - best-guess' - H each level. A box zoom contour top/bottom/range facility, [ L i p menu option (also available user intuition still plays an im por flit /I in Simple and Perspective tant role. plot modes) allows you to explore freely. Itemised under PLOTTING the Global menu, however, is a further There are three dillerent plot modes avail Magnification option that invites entry of a able: Simple, Contour and Perspective percentage by which the current image is to Simple mode plots the value, designated y. be scaled up o r down. Basically, this is a returned by a function, f, acting on a second powerful facility to zoom animate with variable, ‘x \ as in the example: f(x A2), when sequential values inserted to plot each frame values of y are plotted at different heights on from the previous image By combining the screen. For the statistician, the ability to repeated zooms with 16-bit math precision. It relerence formulae from within formulae, would be possible to dive down through the may enable data curves ol great complexity Mandel boundary to huge scaling depths. from which information remains extractable The third mode of plotting - perspective - with comparative ease, using the Analyse tool MATH VISION affords a way ol generating background land that returns x and y values for any chosen ...at a glance scapes, and wire-frame models, which would point on the screen. presumably be of interest to the 3D rendering Aesthetic graphical display is not neces enthusiast. Viewing angles can be altered to sarily a feature of Simple Plots, for which get the best line on an interesting landscape pure mathematical power is often most Shade is one of a drawer full of auxiliary important. W hilst I have profited from its dis programs that can be called upon once the play of simple trigonometric functions. I have program is running. Some are resposible for enabling additional macro functions, includ ing Mandel and Mandel68881. Others append additional plotting options, such as Shade and Parametric, or graphic modes including HAM. It is by invocation of the Shade feature that some ot the most beautiful displays can be rendered. ‘CosineDunes’ is, for me, the pick of Doug Houck’s pictorial library, repre senting a desert dune-like shaded landscape generated from a short string of trigonomet ric functions and easily editable with some interesting results. In combining Shade mode and the Mandel function, it becomes possible to generate amazing 3-D views of Mandelbrot and JuliaSet zooms. The color strips of conven tionally contoured plots are transformed into smoothly curving slopes, sweeping up around precipitous bluffs to reach the mini- mandel lakes placed high on the main plateau. These are the images that acquired celebrity status on the front page of Time magazine and the book covers of “The Beauty of Fractals - Images of Complex Dynamical Systems" by H O. Peitgen and P H. Richter. HOOKED The other auxiliary plotting utility is that of Parametric - optionally able to replace AREXX SUPPORT An important additional property of M a th v isio n Contour rather than Perspective mode. In its is that of full ARexx support. It gives much greater power to the ability to write to the pixels directly, it sup ports drawing of the recursively user and it requires no special skills to open up the 150kb of self-substituting fractal curves that we dis ARexx macro files that are incuded on the Mathvision disk. cussed earlier. Good examples are provided, ‘Makeioom’ and 'Plotfiles' are two particularly helpful additions Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMboth of mathematically tidy seeds, responsi which automate the plotting of, respectively, sequences of zooms ble for Koch snowflakes and Sierpinski or batches of unrelated images. These are then saved to a prefor triangles, and their more wiggley and natural couterparts. renderable into ferns and m atted disc for viewing after a day's work or a night's sleep! bushes. Mathvision is one of those programs where you find yourself trying to think of excuses for buying it. It may be the culmination of the greatest revolution in mathematics since computers themselves were invented, but does anyone really need it. Maybe not, but there is still the urge to seek out strange new mathmatical worlds and boldly delve were no keyboard jockey has delved before. 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You can then specify whether divided into twenty com m on subjects, ranging from the quiz should include spoken questions. 'At Home' to 'Professions'. Two pull-down menus There are three sub-types of quiz: English, also contain a further seven topics. Hepburn and characters. Each requires the contes Click on a menu, and the screen switches to tant to select an answer of the specified type. For one featuring subject-related items. For example, example, if you select 'Characters', you'll be given a 'At home' shows a picture of a Japanese living word in English. Hepburn and possibly spoken for room containing thirty-two numbered items, mats, and you must select the relevant Japanese including furniture, people, and objects. The bot character. ADove.'To hear the tom section o f the screen contains the translation Japanese transla output window with space for Hepburn, English and tion, dick on the CONCLUSION numbered Hem. A Japanese. The latter two are obvious, but Hepburn Audio Gallery Japanese is a useful educational tool written translation is is the English spelling of Japanese words: for also give, along with which teaches by rote. The sampled speech pro example, inu=dog and udedokei=wristwatch, etc. a Hepburn (phonetic) vides a unique guide to pronunciation, and whilst spelling. m n n ro c n n n i/ However’ ,he Japanese text is it's not going to teach you anything about Japanese ADDRESS BOOK printed as a formal Japanese grammer, if used in conjunction with, say, a Below: The quiz option No UK distributor has ideogram which looks as though tests your skills in Linguaphone package it could be an essential tool. yet been established an ink-coated Spider has scuttled the learned areas vet. nor has a UK price, across the screen. -including reading Japanese text. However, it costs The program can be used in a VERDICT 189.95 (about Eso.oot num ber of ways, but the simplest and further details are is browse-mode. 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Does the world really need another Assembler? John Kennedy ponders this deepest of l e s m h l ' j questions as self he muses over HiSoft’s ‘new look’ lic r a w h U “I ✓ ! C<»* lensltlv* =! v* I Hhol* Hords D evpac 3 - the sequel. L S 2 - U I INCLUDE FILES To use any otthe Operating System routines (such as 'Exec'. £flgcR» I oc at •_r*odu I t i Intuition', and so on) you need a set of tiles called the ‘Include Files'. These provide infor Bi|:3LRB«wu» m ation to describe the various functions and their data types. Without them, you’re com ississ: =ss?£?^:Vs?fss;- pletely sunk, and Commodore have decided that b.r TU L .lcr... ______it you want them, you must pay. You can either The editor In action. All requestors have a n >ch2-nons about them. become a registered developer (i.e - pay Commodore) or buy a package which comes with YOUR NUMBER'S UP the support files you're likely to need the tiles as an integral part (i.e - pay someone who has paid Commodore). This is the reason I’ve alw ays thought you’d have to be a (called Includes - more on them later). why Public Domain assemblers and compilers very strange kind of person to get excited GenAm can be invoked directly from about Assemblers. At their most basic C L I with a list of options and the name of are never supplied with the Include tiles - they're legally obliged not to. Devpac 3 comes level, they do nothing more than convert your assem bly language file, but if you with both Workbench 1.3 and Workbench 2 .0 strange-looking tiles ot gibberish into even click on the 'Devpac' icon, this loads the Includes to ensure that your code will run on stranger-looking files of gibberish. No Editor and provides full and immediate Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMwhatever machine you want it to. sampled sound effects or digitised graph a ccess to both GenAm and MonAm - far ics, just screens of text. This begs the easier than messing about with CLI. After question: does the world really need typing in your source, you simply select an option from the menu and - Voila! - your another one? code is assembled, linked, and given an Of course it does. Although an icon. All GenAm’s multitudinous features Assem bler either works or it doesn't, how ASSEMBLER can be be selected from menus within the it goes about its business is of prime ... n I n ji I n ii Editor, so you'll never really need to see importance. Assembly language program the C LI. ming is so incredibly challenging that it • Latest and N m assem ble! fi n t h e \ n can become addictive. If the bug bites you • W w editor • Supports all Motorola MACRO MAGIC can end up spending hours in front of your GenAm supports all the normal directives computer, so it's vital that the software is p a n d e d \SOOioan MOOO • \ . > \ k . \ associated with a good Assembler. as user-friendly and powerful as possible. Directives are instructions which are not Probably because it w as the turned into machine code, but con best, Devpac 2 rapidly becam e the trol various actions of the assem bler standard Amiga Assembler, used by itself, and determine everything from professional and amateur program how the listing appears when mers alike. There have been many printed, to the choice of processor contenders but none have stolen the the code is to be run on. crown. D evpac 2 w as the best, but it GenAm is a Macro Assembler, wasn't perfect. It's source editor w as which m eans ttiat you can define dire. Anyone with an ounce of sense your own assem bler mnemonics. used an editor such a s TurboText or Careful use of mnemonics will trans Cygnus E d 2. U sers of these looked h«f». you chooso the paths lo t any tiles, the format o f the final code and form your programming, a s it allows at the menu options marked A Rexx, whether a listing is to be produced. you to add your own instructions to and knew their time would come. the current instruction set. For exam New processors, Amigas, ple, although there is no increment Workbenches and yup, you guessed instruction on the 68000, you can it, a new version of Devpac. j - g H write your own: inc MACRO addq. \0ft1,\1 ENDM WHAT'S IN THE BOX? g g n _ j Every time you use 'inc.w d0' in Devpac is more than an assembler your source, the assem bler will auto - it’s an assem bly language devel JjgpWttWrTOT^ — matically expands this to 'addq.w opment system. For your money, : #1 ,d0'. Macros are especially useful you get the Assembler (GenAm), the on the Amiga, and they can be used - please choose your hardware. Editor, a debugger (MonAm) and all to define new data types, rather like lion*. You might think your setfassen#/ code la perfect, bu t Devpac has other ideas. the C ’s S T R U C T command. It would have been nice it HiSoft had included more Bottom left: Editor over boggle - how many text Amiga-specific example macros on disk, tiles do you really need to a s very tew programmers m ake full use of see a t once? Devpac can the facilities they offer. display more. When you think you have finished writ ing your source, GenAm will perform an optimisation a s it assem bles, which usu ally save a few hundred bytes and speed your program up slightly. B u gs permitting, you can run your program without leaving Devpac to se e if everything is going a s it should be. NEW FOR DEVRAC3 The two big improvements made to Devpac 3 are the vastly-improved editor special absolute address code which is though, by ignoring ARexx. Sigh. By refus and the addition of support for higher useful if you ever need to write code for ing to support this standard protocol, members of the Motorola family. The edi burning into Eproms. If you do use it, HiSoft are effectively saying ‘Our editor tor h as been completely re-written by please let us know because we’d like to front end is perfect, you’ll never need ex-Rombo bod, Keith Wilson, and strongly know what you're up to. another one'. T h is is sim ply not true! adheres to the traditional Am iga style. It TurboText and Cygnus E d 2 are much now supports multiple files, standard cut MORE NICE TOUCHES better than the Devpac editor. T h is is not ting and pasting, sensible keyboard short Other goodies include the ability to pre totally surprising, as they are stand-alone cuts and user-definable macros. Nice assemble Include files, considerably commercial editors, and it’s their job to be touches also include the facility to choose speeding up assem bly times. The entire the best. D e vpa tis editor is part of a suite how to view your multiple files, support for set of Commodore Includes can be treated of programs and, a s such, is unlikely to extra fonts and a comprehen in this way, saving valuable disk space. have a s much development time devoted ADDRESS BOOK sive and easy-to-use link with For more speed, you can keep the Include to it. But why hamper the user from enjoy HISott GenAm. files in memory if you require. ing the facilities of Devpac from their own The Old School However, the editor does Surprisingly, D evpac will still run on an favourite editor? Of course it is possible to Bedford not support folds, a technique unexpanded A500, although with most use GenAm 's C U options from som e third- M k4 5 5Br for hiding text when it isn’t programming projects it won’t be long party text editors, but A R e xx is the proper needed. The use of folds before the lack of memory becomes a w ay of doing things. Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMmake programming easier, and are sorely problem. Devpac is still novel, though, in Unlike CEO or Turbotext, Devpads edi missed. that it will run on every Amiga currently in tor h as the annoying habit of occasionally In these days of high-powered, low- production. converting source into (harmless) rubbish. cost silicon implants, more Amiga owners A s well a s the excellent (but typo It also filled a file full of white blobs during have 68020s, 030s or even 040s with all prone) manual, HiSoft have included a a keyboard macro. the associated maths co-processors useful publication called the Pocket (FPUs) and memory management units Programming Guide. Although my pockets CONCLUSION (MMUs) installed. And, of course, the seem to be of the non-programmable vari It goes without saying that Devpac 3 will Am iga 3000 com es with a 68030 a s stan ety, the book proves to be extremely become the new Am iga Assem bler stan dard. Devpac now fully supports these useful a s it lists every instruction available dard. It h as everything that a 680x0 chips, and the new m nemonics needed to on the 68000/68010. Until you get to the programmer needs, and more. use them. point .where you can recall the entire Unfortunately, when it com es to the Amiga The machine code monitor is a s power Motorola instruction set in your sleep, this side of things, it's lacking. It needs ARexx, ful and forbidding a s ever, although it has book will be well thumbed. It's a pity the and for this W orkbench 2 incarnation not been updated to allow multiple source files guide didn’t include the remaining to support it is a crime - and it also needs and full support for the higher processors. 68020/30/40 and 68881/8882/5551 chips a C o de Profiler to discover bottlenecks in MonAm is an invaluable debugging tool a s well. your code. The editor needs a session which is yet to be matched. with MonAm, too. In the end, though, D evpac 3 will also save files in stan THE BIG MISTAKE Devpac 3 is a 680x0 assem bler rather dard Motorola S-record format. T h is is a HiSoft have almost spoiled everything, than an Amiga-dedicated assembler. IS ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE REALLY NEEDED ON THE AMIGA? With near-assembly level languages, such as C. around, you may wonder if anyone actually needs to pro gra m in As se m b ly la n gu a ge th e se day s. S u re ly , yo u m ay sa y , it I wanted to w rite a la st gam e I'd use som ething like AMOS. Why re-invent the wheel? Not perfect, but destined Good point. But what was AMOS written in? Assembly language. There is nothing taster than a good to be th e n e w standard... Assembly language program, and there never can be. Even a C program must be converted into machine code in order to be run. By writing a program in code to start with, you can be sure that it won't be topped EASE O F USE 95% tor size or speed. Using the official Include files, you can make lull use of every Amiga Operating System resource in VALUE FOR MONEY 80% assembly language. In fact, it s almost as easy to do in code as it is with C - that's not saying much, though. EFFECTIVENESS 90% It s more exciting to hit the custom chippery direct. The Amiga is such a powerful beast ol a computer that programming in this way is even more fun. Using FLEXIBILITY 95% machine code means you can really get into the nooks and crannies of all the custom chips.If you think you INNOVATION 70% know your Amiga, you're in for a big surprise. Just get in there, ask the OS to look the other way and then start poking those registers. Programming the Amiga like this is a return to the good old days of C64s and Atari 8-bits. Except of course, that the hardware is infinitely more advanced. 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T h e checksum is the w ay a d isk tells whether something is wrong some D o c t o r i n ’ where. All the w ords in the block are added up. If this number overflows the m axim um value for a word (4292967296) the counter is reset to zero and counting continues. The final sum is subtracted from the maximum and placed in the checksum word. This t h e d i s k s way at any future time when all the words are added up (including the checksum), the answer should be zero - We now know that Amigados floppies contain if not, som ething is badly wrong. The hash table contains the directory 1760 blocks of data. But what do these blocks of the disk. Every filename goes through contain, how are they arranged, what do they a filter which returns a value between 1 and 72. This number is used as an look like and will they be friends with me? In index for the hash table. W henever that the second installment of our three-stage guide file is accessed, the hashing is per formed on the name and Amigados to all things floppy, Nick Veitch delves deeper... immediately knows where to look in the hash table for the relevant information. Each word in the hash table will contain F irst of all, not all blocks are created Word 2 - sequence. Again, this is unused in a pointer to a file or directory or a ze ro if equally. Ju st a s there is hierarchy the root block there is nothing associated with that and bureaucracy everyw here in life, WordVV 3 - contains the size of the hash number. there is e ven a certain am ount of table. This should be 72 T h e bitmap is sort of a m ini-m ap of red tape to be gone through for a the disk. There is one bit for every block Word 4 - the data word. Unused in poor data block. Essentially, on the disk. A false value (0) indicates Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthere are seven types of blocks: lhe r00'6lock that block is empty and, strangely root blocks, directory blocks, file Q Word 5 - The checksum. This con- enough, a true value means that it's header b locks, file list blocks, data tains the word checksum for the block taken. There may be data from a b locks, bitmap b lo cks a n d bitm ap exten Words 6 -7 7 - These 72 words are set aside deleted file in a block flagged as empty sion blocks. but a s far a s A m ig a D O S is concerned for the hash table which contains the direc T h e first two blocks on the d isk are that block is empty. tory entries. known as the Boot blocks. These blocks The name of the volume is stored in contain information about w hether the Word 78 - is the BMFLAG. This should be B STR format. The first byte contains the d isk is bootable (w hether the A m iga will true (1), indicating that the bitmap is valid length of the name and the rest contain be able to start up using that disk rather Words 79-103 - The bitmap. the actual nam e at one character per than Workbench), and also information Word 104 - The bitmap extension. A pointer byte. T h is g iv e s a possible 31 ch a ra c on the root block. The first word of the ters but filenames should not be more to an extra bitmap block if required. first block of the d isk (a w ord is four than 30 characters. bytes long) contains the code for what . Words 105-107 - Three words contain the type of format the disk is using. These current date and time THE REST c a n be a n y of the following: Words 108-115- the BSTR words contain Other blocks, with the exception of data DOSO(Original Filing System), DOS1 the name of the volume blocks (which contain mostly data) are (Fast Filing system), KICK (Kickstart very sim ilar to this. A directory block Words 1 16-117- Unused Disk), NDOS (non-standard disk). a cts like a little root b lock and a file Words 118-120 - Three words for the last header is like a directory of blocks that ROOTING AROUND modification date. belong to that file. The root block is probably the most Words 121-123 - contain the disk’s format F F S d o e s a w a y with a lot of the dou important block of all, and contains date. This is used to help AmigaDOS tell the ble-checking that goes on and essential information regarding the consequently the fileheaders are a lot difference between two volumes of the same disk's root directory, the name of the sm aller but, ironically, w ould w ork out a name. disk and a lot of housekeeping informa bit slower on a floppy drive with more tion. Le t's take a look at that structure in Word 124 - is the chain. Unused in the root than a couple of directories. full: block. Word 125 - Parent. 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Also, as released. using the 'format option of 24-bit technology becomes Workbench 2, or the 'ini more widespread, who PPSHOW tialise' menu option on knows what we could be PROBLEM Workbench 1.2 or 1.3. seeing in a year’s time. Having created and com- Commodore are not a com . » . p ressed a 2. Give the disk a name of pany to Just roll over and picture that I your choice, using the surrender to the opposi ifr wanted to Rename menu option from tion, so I suspect we'll be display using Workbench. seeing some stunning / j p t P ow er enhancements In the near Packer, I 3. Load your art package good, it not better than the future. stored it in the C and draw your picture. Am iga. directory of m y d isk. I also Is it time to look at c ro ss EXTERNAL DRIVE copied the P P S h o w program 4. When you're ready to ing over to the P C , or is there BOOTING into the sa m e directory. I save your work, select the anything in the pipeline to In the February issue, you then amended the startup- 'save' option from the art upgrade the Amiga and keep su gge sted that a sequence to include the package’s menu. it in contention? reader fit a command: PPSHOW c/myp- Andrew Busst. Gore, New Zealand boot selector icture. 5. When the save window to let him boot E ve ry time I boot up the appears, click on the box I think that the first thing ■ y T from an exter- disk, I get the message 'You marked 'drawer' and delete you should do is compare nal drive. A500+ Need Power Packer Library anything that's in there. the price of a basic Amiga owners may be V33’. I've looked at other to any PC offering similar interested to know that this people's d isks and I seem to 6. Type in the exact name facilities. I think that you'll option is already built into be d oing things correctly so you gave your newly-for- find the Amiga comes out their m achine. If you hold w hat's w rong and what d oes matted disk, followed by a considerably cheaper. down both mouse buttons this message mean? colon. For example, if you There are already some whilst turning the power on, a Simon Marlow. BFPO 25 called the disk PlcSaves, very high resolution multi boot selection screen you should type PlcSaves: sync monitors available for appears from which you can The problem is caused graphically aware Amiga ch o o se the boot drive. because you failed to 7. When you press return, owners. However their Simon While. Slrolton. Stalls include the special library the Amiga will automati price tag (£400-800) makes routine that PP Show cally ask you for the named them prohibitive for games U N K V IR U S requires. The Power disk. Insert the disk, and users - who don't require QUANDARY Packer Library V33 is a file your pictures will now be Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthat sort of resolution any I h ave several d isks that I which should reside in the saved on to that disk when way. Also, the Sound think m ay be Libs directory of your disk. they have been given their Blaster and Super VGA are infected with I think you’ll find that once file names. either expensive optional Link viruses. you've copied it there from extras, or only come as W hen I put another disk, everything Alternatively, if you are standard on the higher these disks will work according to plan. using a second drive, sim priced machines. through a virus If your disk doesn't have a ply put the new formatted Having said that, I checker, I'm told that they are Libs directory, create one disk into the second unit acknowledge the fact that non-DOS disks and/or that first using the MAKEDIR and, when saving out relo- the PC is posing a serious there is a checksum 880 command. cacte the pics to DF1. From threat to our beloved com error. C a n file viru se s exist here, you can then switch puter, although the Amiga on non-DOS disks? If so, SA V IN G TO between drives at any Is now selling in ever- how d o I ch eck for them? ANOTHER DISK point. And you can also increasing quantities. Darron Clarke. Cowley. Oxlord. I've drawn a picture I con swap files already saved There are rumours of a ' sider good enough to send on to other disks to this number of exciting File viruses work by attach . » . into your 'Screen disk, too. upgrades, including an ing themselves to, or <*%?■> O f T h e month' Amiga portable, new six replacing, existing Amiga competition. That’s the lot for teen-channel sound chips DOS files. Therefore, if E L Z M ‘ The trouble is. another month. the only way there are no Amiga DOS Hopefully you’ve found that I can sa v e it files to link on to, they're something useful in not effective. However, it is is to make a back-up ANY PROBLEMS? this bumper crop of Qs conceivable that a Link copy of my D P a int disk and If you have any virus could infect a file s a ve it on that. C a n you tell and As. Your tips are whilst it was in DOS for me how to save my files on always greatly appre questions of a remotely mat. If the file was then to another d isk? ciated. If you have a technical nature, we ll converted Into a different Andrew Rawson, Handsworth, question, solution, or format, the virus would be Sheffield. do our best to answer would like to comment impossible to detect by upon an issue that’s them. Send your letters conventional means. In It's surprising how many been raised in these which case, the only possi 'Screen Of The Month' to: Q&A, CU Amiga. ble solution Is to convert entries are submitted on pages, please write to copies of DPaint. Not to Priory Court, 30-32 the files back to their origi Q&A, CU Amiga, Priory nal format and check them. worry, though, there's a Court, 30-32 simple solution to your Farringdon Lane, In the case of games, Farringdon Lane, problem. London EC1R 3AU. companies put their games London, EC1R 3AU. through rigorous virus BACKCHAT JOHNNY B-GOOD baited breath (baited... OLYMPIXELS seems pretty unlikely that I'm a real fan of all things shark... gedditl). I recently heard that U.S. Epyx will be involved as tacky, and those crappy Gold are going to be releas they seem to be concen ‘Creature Feature' films eat PLAY TO WHINE ing an Olympics game. What. trating on PC products up a s m any o l m y spare I’m writing to complain about I w ant to know is will E p yx be these days. hours a s playing with my the content of your P la y To doing it. I’ve been a fan of Amiga. Thus, I am over the W in section of late. It se em s E p yx ’s ‘G a m e s' se rie s ever moon to see that Gremlin are to be alm ost completely given sin ce I bought a cassette ver releasing P lan 9 Fro m O uter over to adventures, which sion of Summer Games for S pace for m y m achine. I can alienates thousands of us my C64, and have followed I’m one of those jaded com now combine both interests a rcad e fans. T here w as a their progress through W inter puter ow ners, w ho went from in on e go, but I hope it time when you would give us G am es, W o rld Gam es, Acorn Atoms, on to BBC d oesn ’t ju st end there. There pages of small tips, but no Summer Games II, California Micros, C64s, Spectrums, are s o m any bad film s out longer. What’s more, decent G am es and the Winter and Amstrads, STs and Amigas, there which are aching for arcade games, such as The Summer Editions. What I like and what I w ant to know is: conversion. I think Gremlin S im psons, a re dying to be about them is that they gen whatever happened to inno h ave opted w isely for an tipped but you seem to ignore uinely require skill to gain vation. I u se m y A m iga for adventure format with P la n 9, them. So come on Play To optimum marks, rather than everything from Word but I would love to see W in, play fair a n d give u s necessitating the continual Processing to games, but I arcade games based on The arcade fan s a treat - a bun destruction of joysticks would love to use it for more Mummy, The Creature From dle of sm all tips w ould be before the Gold medal is obscure things. One of my The Black Lagoon, and The appreciated. achieved. Are Epyx the peo fondest m em ories is of a Day The Earth Stood Still. David Reardon, Cambridge ple behind the game? They Spectrum game called S u rf I've already got Ant Heads, It certainly ought to be, and C h am p (I think), and rather Came From The Desert, and It certainly hasn't been their past work with U.S. than u sin g the joystick or Night Hunter, but these aren’t Intentional and we apolo Gold has raised my hopes keys, the player actually had enough. So, after P la n 9 will I gise for anyone who feels m assively. a little plastic surfboard w hich Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMbe able to get a decent fix? left out, but Play To Win Steven Jessop, Derby went over the control keys. Simon Cattrell, Petersfield covers current games that O K, so we still get silly- we feel people may need At one point, we heard that looking control devices, but It depends on the success help with. Thus, we tend to U.S. G wouldn't actually be all the useful and weird gad of Plan 9, but the rumours cover games where we can producing an Amiga ver gets. like Logo Turtles and are that several other films help directly rather than sion, and that the the Surfboards seem to have are under consideration. imply stuff or simply join console-only game was in died a death. I know there's Personally, we’d love to the screens together willy- the hands of Tiertex. only so much you can do see a giant spider film or a nilly. However, your However, the latest news Is through the A m iga's ports but decent version of Jaws - request for small tips is that an Amiga version is on with a little bit ot imagination, after all, Screen 7's version granted, and, rest assured, the way, but as of yet the I’m sure something different was complete trash. We’M arcade games will be cov developing team hasn't could be achieved. just have to wait with ered if they warrant it. been named. However, it Darren Kennedy, Finchley MIRROR, MIRROR... I was really pee d off to see that Mirrorsott are no more, as they were one of the few companies who offered a variety ot gamestyles. As well as producing really hot arcade games, such as First Samurai and Speedhail II, they could also please the adventuring fraternity with the likes of Mega-Lo-Mania and Legend. OK. so they produced their fair share ot toadies (need I mention both Turtles games and Champion 01 The Rap) but. on the whole, they were consistently good. What bothers me. though, is what is going to happen to the likes of Alien 3. Apocalypse, and Sensible Software's Footy game? Alien 3 is obviously one ot the hottest licences around, and a decent game featuring the acid-blooded creatures is very overdue. I know that Acclaim have bought up what was left of the company, but does this include all their forthcoming releases? Graham Powell. Southport Sadly, it looks a bit grim regarding A lie n 3. From what we hear, Acclaim, although owning the rights to the licence, won t be producing an Amiga game any more. On a brighter note, though, Strangeways' A p o c a ly p s e now resides with Virgin and is currently being rescheduled, and it s probably likely that Sensible's Soccer will end up there, too. In addition, some ot the other RPG-orientated games have gone to Mindscape. whilst it seem s that most of the cur rently available gam es will be compiled eventually by other companies. UBI Soft, for instance, are apparently, c o m p ilin g Mega-Lo-Mania a n d The First Samurai in a two-game pack for thirty quid. instructions on how they a 'proper' work and what they do on gam e. I the disk. w asn't to CU AMIGA Is Ihe GOT SOMETHIN’ TO SAY? know that country's lastest-growing magazine, and therefore the premier STUNT-ED the coin- torum to air your views on anything connected with the Amiga GROWTH op w as the I scene. Your comments can make a difference so don't be indif After reading your RIP fea sam e, and ferent. drop us a line today. ture on dead games, I was felt very flicking through back issues cheated - still, it w as a les of m y A m iga m a gs, looking son learned. I remember seeing a good ies I bought. S o if you for games which never made Now, though, Readysoft Skateboard device which want to spot a bargain - get it. O n e in particular caught seem to churn out more and didn’t actually crush your to a show. Not only can you my eye, and was called The more of the g am e s, and none keyboard, but operated via buy the stuff cheaper, but the Last Stuntman and w as due have one jot of playability. another device linked to people w ho m ake it can often to be released by CRL. There The reviews all echo the the joystick port, but that help you, too. was only one screen shot phrases 'nice looking, over seems to have gone Adrian Kemp, Slough with the piece, and it looked priced, and no gameplay’, but AWOL. There are still sev like a parachuting gam e, with they still release them unper eral good items available, ARTISTIC LICENCES the player fighting for a turbed. W ho b u ys them, such as light pens, etc - It’s good to s e e that, at long parachute. As C R L are no that's w hat I want to know? but there’s only a finite last, licences are being longer around. I w ondered if By now, people must realise number of ideas which can treated better. Of late, I have you knew who held the rights that they are basically paying do the rounds, and these bought H u dso n Hawk, The to the gam e now. It didn't fo ra D P a in tAnim, which can are nigh-on exhausted. Blues Brothers, and R obocop look particularly brilliant, but be com pleted in a matter of Still, we live in hope... III and haven't been disap seemed quite a laugh. Any hours. I see now that pointed with a ny of them. idea what happened to it? Readysoft are promoting R o bo III in particular is e xce l Mike Dutton, Weymouth 'enhanced playability’ in G uy PRINTS lent, with brilliant music and a S py, but I doubt it very much CHARMING real movie atmosphere cou The Last Stuntman was and w e’ll probably end up . T h a n k you , thank you! For pled with a really playable supposed to be released in with another fancy demo. months I have been consid game. Also, although it uses 1990, but for some reason Shaun Byrne, W alsall ering buying a printer for m y lots of dull game ideas, I never appeared. The final A m iga, but all those buttons must admit to liking game was to have featured I agree with you that they and printer drivers have Term ina tor II as well. OK, so train fights and other aren't exactly the most m ade th is 4 5 y e a r-o ld sh y it doesn't really mirror the film rough'n’tumbfe antics. playable games in the a w a y from su ch things. in term s of sprites, but it is However, the parachuting world, and are over-priced, However, on skimming still quite playable - e sp e sequence has since but perhaps people buy Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMthrough your March edition I cially the driving sections. emerged on the PD circuit them because they really w as thrilled to find an idiot's Hopefully, then, loads more as a stand-alone game. A show the Amiga’s graphi guide to getting printing. I am film s will be bought up and one or two-player game, cal prowess. You'll never now the proud ow ner of a we won't end up with the the basic aim Is to fight get fully-interactive car Canon bubble jet printer and, D a rkm a n or G od fath er sy n your opponent for the one toons on the Amiga, but at thanks to your step-by-step drom e ever again. parachute which will save least they're trying. p iece, it actually works! Milton Andrews, Stockport you from an untimely Thanks very much for death. It’s available from explaining what, for me, was ASSEMBLY LINE most PD libraries and, like WINTER a minefield of techno-babble I'm interested In getting to you say, is a real laugh. WONDERLAND and even more thanks for grip s with m achine code, and A few years back, my mate getting m e started - there'll I'm currently searching for a WHY BOTHER? had a gam e called be no stopping me now... decent a ssem bler program to I've owned an Amiga now Manhattan something by Ian Hinton, Farnborough upgrade from my BASIC lan since the start of 1990, and if some French company. It guage. Can you tell me there is one thing that annoys w a s a beat 'em up w hich w as BARGAIN exactly w hat the p ackages m e the m ost it is Readysoft's se t around d o cks a nd se ed y HUNTING do, and which ones are the continual stream of buildings (I think), and I really In response to the letter in best? unplayable games. S pace enjoyed playing it. I’m now the March issue regarding David Scarp, Inverness Ace, Dragon's Lair and its trying to get hold of it for my bargain hunting, personally I many sequels, they all come A m iga, have you a n y idea of s a ve m y m oney for show s. I You're in luck. The latest and go at fifty quid a shot, w hat it’s called a nd w here I recently went to the Shopper version of HISoft’s and none are worth even a can get'one? S how and cam e aw ay with D evpack assembler has tenth of their ridiculous Alan Brooke, W imbledon loads of stuff that I wanted - just been released. prices. When I first got my in fact, twice as much as if I Devpack 3.0 Is really the machine, I mistakenly bought It's called Manhattan had bought it mail order or only contender for the Dragon's Lair having seen Dealers, and was one of from shops or catalogues. It assembler crown. Try call the incredible screenshots in Silmarils first products m ay be a h a ssle getting m on ing HISott (0525 718181). an advert. A s I prepared to released in the UK. Prism itors and hard drives home Perhaps you may be going walk across the bridge and Leisure have recently on the train (especially on the in at the deep end, though. explore the Disney-style play repackaged it as a budget Underground), but I must Have you ever thought area, I was immediately game and it can be picked have saved over seventy about C. There are a lot of aware that the game was up from most software quid on the assortm ent of good PD C compilers quite simply an updated mul retailers for less than a games, utilities and other around and these have full tiple choice affair, rather than fiver. WRITE TO CU, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3 A U r e p a r s e - ;e in tricacie s CSS* ,e \an9ua9 unttia p f°9T Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM s s s la n g u a g e ... guage is either compiled or interpreted, other application through it v ia A R e xx. UNDERSTAND ME it depend s on the version you have. T h e thing about com puters is that they Generally, Interpreters are more user- AMOS are not very smart. They have no com friendly (and cheaper) but compiled AMOS is really a derivative of Basic but mon se n se a nd will only d o w hat you programs execute much faster. h as such a following that it is worth have told them. The microprocessor mentioning separately. Essentially, it is itself can only understand roughly 150 LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS AmigaBasic done properly with excellent instructions which isn’t a great deal. The Edgar Rice Burroughs once laid claim facilities for accessing graphics, sprites, trick is in combining these Instructions that la n gu a ge is a virus from outer sound, and even Am igaDOS menus and together to perform something useful. A space. This may indeed be true, but, requesters. robot armed with a felt tip pen and two nevertheless, computer languages Written in France, AMOS has made ’ instructions can draw a square, and pro seem to breed like a virus. There are such an impression on the Amiga com gra m s are b asica lly a list of more m any different lan guages a n d you will munity that AM OS programs are now complicated instructions which are bro find that they tend to adapt better to cer appearing on coverdisks and PD disks ken down into simple ones for the tain uses. It is important to cho o se a all over the place. The original AMOS computer to understand. language that works well for its applica was an interpreted language but now The days of voice-activated intelligent tion before choosing it for ease of use. there is a compiler version and an operating systems like Blake T s O R A C It’s all very well saying you were happy extended version for beginners, m ay not be that far off, but for the writing in B a sic, but try writing a decent Easy-AM OS is due out very soon. moment w e are stuck with w riting code. fractal generation program in it. Y ou will never be able to write e xcep Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMB y code I m ean a list of instructions tional demos in any language other than w hich will tell the com puter w hat to do. ARREX raw assembler but for ease of use and T o d o this, w e u se a com puter lan ARexx is not really a programming lan the speed at which you can achieve guage. The language is like an gu age, it’s m ore a sort of scripting results, AM OS must be some kind of interpreter - the go-between that la n guage - a m acro code. T here has front-runner. accepts what the programmer wants been a lot of talk about A R e x x recently a n d translates it into a form the com because it is bundled with Workbench ALGOL68 puter can understand. 2.0, s o a lot of people buying the A500 Steer c lear of this. O n e of the first lan P lu s at C hristm as now h ave it. gu age s ever it h as all the panache of a COMPILED VS. It is far more useful than the original tin of spam and the user-friendliness of INTERPRETED AmigaBasic it replaced on the a British Rail employee. By rights, this Like everything in life, or so it seems, W orkbench d isks, but you couldn't write sort of stuff shouldn’t be allow ed o n a there are two types of languages. A R o bo co p IV using it. The real power m achine like the A m iga, but there is a compiled language is where you write behind ARexx is it's multiprocess com PD version knocking about. the co de, the code is loaded into the - munication ability. Everyone knows that compiler, and the compiler produces the A m iga m ultitasks - that is, you can ASSEMBLER machine code instructions. This means run more than one program at once and Assembly language or machine code is that you end up with two files: one con they will execute sim ultaneously. T h is is the la n guage that the p rocessor at the taining the code you wrote (the source) all very nice but you may as well be run heart of your A m iga u se s. T h is m ay a n d on e containing the m achine code ning them on separate machines unless m ake it very fast, but it also m a kes it that was produced (the object). they can talk to each other. very difficult to understand. There aren’t T h e object code is then linked to pro T h is is w here A R e x x com es in. many people who are fluent in pure duce an executable file, leaving another Utilising the advanced port-handling fea binary. file to deal with. Obviously, if you make tures of ARexx it can pass instructions a n y c h a n g e s to the source code you will To get around this, assembly lan from one ta sk to the other. A n y applica h ave to com pile a n d link the co de again guage is usually writing in a kind of tion which supports ARexx will have it's before you c a n u se it. long-hand form, using slightly easier to Rather than convert the program to own port label so that even if you have understand mnemonics. This code is between two to twenty tasks running, machine instructions all in one lump, an then compiled by an assembler to pure Interpreter d o e s it a bit at a time. T h is A R e x x will be able to distinguish 68000 machine code. For speed, noth between them. m ean s that the program will actually ing can beat machine code. execute slightly slower (because the Many applications now support Unfortunately, it is a lso slightly harder to translation process is going on all the ARexx and have a complete list of inter get to grip s with than so m e of the so time the program is running), but you nal functions which can be accessed called ‘higher’ languages. Structuring? only e ve r need to h ave one file (the remotely by another task. Soon it won’t Forget it. source). matter what application you are running There are a number of assemblers T h is d o e s not m ean that every lan - because you will be able to run any around, including many PD versions. there is a more logical approach to loops a n d conditional loops. FORTRAN HiSoft have a version ot Pascal com Because computers were originally in g out very soon. Look out for a review developed to help scientists and statisti in these pages. cian s, it is not surprising that one of the first com puter la n gu a ges w as designed BASIC to perform calculating functions. >. A68k, which is available via the Public Almost everyone must have heard of Although it has been updated count Domain, is regarded as the official one Basic (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic less times since the late sixties, there is but other PD and most commercial Instruction Code). All versions of still a flavour of men in lab coats about offerings are much easier to use. Workbench before 1.3 were shipped it. String handling and graphics func H iSoft's D e vpa ck compiler is generally with a special and unique Commodore tions are at a minimum and the symbolic regarded as the best. version of Basic for the Amiga called, code m ay look a bit old fashioned, but cunningly enough, AmigaBasic. Lucky it’s a serviceable old thing and v ery e asy C WB2.0 owners got ARexx instead. to understand no matter what language If a n y la n gua ge w a s destined to b e the Basic is the original language that you w ere w eaned on. A m iga ’s la n guage it's C . M ost of the everyone seems to learn at school. This original Operating System was written in is not necessarily a good thing. Basic APL C which means that it is incredibly easy isn't very well structured and, although it Residing within the weird and wonderful to access various parts of AmigaDos m ay be e a sy tor the complete novice to category, A P L is the lan guage for die from within a C program . T ry writing get to grip s with, it doesn't get program hard mathematicians. Unhappy with you r own routine to read files from a mers thinking in a particularly computer having to type in standard ASCII charac hard d isk a nd you'll se e what I mean. sort of w ay. ters, APL has its own symbols which C is very flexible. It follows a modular There are so m e good version s of perform various strange functions. It's approach so that code can be generated basic around for the Amiga (GFA Basic, structured around an interactive sort of In chu n ks and then joined together at for instance) and there are even compil environment although you can write pro the end. This makes planning very easy gram s in it - it’s just a matter of defining but can also be quite wasteful. Some of them a s functions. A P L is not the first the symbols and structures used in the choice as a language for developing language c a n be rather confu sin g at the gam es but it's without a rival w hen it best of times, but a well-written C pro comes to using tables and matrices. gram is quite e a s y to follow o nce you get the h ang of it. LISP M ost of the com plaints levelled at C No, it’s not a speech impediment, it's are to do with speed. No language, how short for List p rocessor. L IS P is esse n ever well compiled and optimised, is tially a language tor those interested in Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMgoing to execute as fast as assembler. artificial intelligence. Its superior func But it's a hell of a lot faster than tions enable e a sy program m ing of fu zzy A m lgaB a sic. It’s a lso a lot easier to logic and all the elem ents that go into understand w hen it co m es to m aking real Al. We have yet to see an Amiga c h a n g e s at a later date. version, though. There is an update to C, known as C++. In C, the instruction to Increment a MINIX variable by one Is the label of that vari Not really a language, MINIX is a junior able followed b y '++’. The idea to version of UNIX, the operating system. upgrade C a nd then call it C + + is o n e of There is a UNIX-compatible version of the very few examples of a program the A3000, so it is conceivable that you ming joke - come back Benny Hill, all is may wish to develop applications for use forgiven... on an Amiga running UNIX. MINIX, so The update itself does add a degree far, does not support hard drives, so it's of power to your program m ing but is not usefulness is limited to the siz e of your as transportable to other systems. There m em ory expansion a n d the num ber ot are plenty of v ersio n s of C around. ers around, although Basic is external drives you have connected. Lattice C 5.02 used to be top dog but traditionally an Interpreter-based lan h as fierce competition from SASC. guage. B a sic is good if that’s what you PC EMULATORS T h e re are a lot of P D variants about, know or it you a re g oin g to have to learn T here a re m any m ore la n gua ges avail some of which are very good. Check out it for school or college, but if you are able (and many more versions of the M a n x C and S ozban C in the Public starting out there are plenty of other, languages discussed here), but a lot of Domain libraries. better languages for you. Because of its them never m ade it to the A m iga - Also available on shareware is the idiosyncrasies people who learn Basic either because they were considered rather excellent C manual. Written by have difficulty learning other languages. too old or too specialised. Virtually every A n d ers Bjerrin (the g u y w ho coded SYS, language known to man is available on C a r and Miniblast), it is an excellent M O DULA 2 the PC, so if you have a specific need it guide that explains in detail almost Originally billed as the thinking man's m ay be an id ea to get hold of a P C em u every aspect of programming in C on Pa sca l, not a lot h a s been done with lator su ch a s the K C S board or the you r Am iga. Modula 2 on the Amiga. At present the Vortex A T O n ce card. T h is is a bit of a only version we have heard about is cop-out a s you will only be able to PASCAL Public Domain. develop code for the P C this w ay. The There are lots of different standards and In structure, it is very sim ilar to advantage, though, is that you can versions of Pascal about, but very few P a sca l but h as a better w ay of dealing develop code on the PC (which has on the Amiga. 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Games, applications and peripherals, they're all given the CU treatment in Inside Information... THE MOUSE h o a r e d Can the Amiga's mouse ever aspire to total control? Rik Haynes looks at consum er u se. W hat about a gadget which certainly seems to think so... a shake-free camcorder? Or a remote control unit for W hat's the future of that your T V with a sim plified strange-looking thing easy-to-use operation? lying b eside your A m iga? T h e se are ju st a couple of A ccord ing to Gyration, we the possibilities being could be playing around with explored at Gyration. New free space' mice within a gyroscope technology could Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMmatter of m onths. T h is also have a profound effect Californian company has on everything from cars and provided gyro technology for robots to com puters and a diverse range of applica video. tions since 1989. Gyropoint Gyropoint e m ploys a is the newest generation patented optic technology pointing device for comput w hich allow s intuitive cursor ers. It c a n be operated both control by sensing the natu on the surface of a desktop ral pointing motions of your or held in m id-air with unlim hand. It's e sp ecia lly useful ited range of movement. ON THE OTHER HAND... for laptop m achines. Either w ay, it's handled with Users of the CDTV don't have to wait for the P e rh ap s the most the sa m e e a se a s a n ordi Gyropoint, they've got their own alternative remarkable demonstration nary mouse. Gyration could rodent to lust after. Airmouse is an optional of the gyroscope’s precision h ave solved the annoying lit remote controller for the next generation of cam e with the Patriot s y s tle problem s a sso ciated with multimedia players. It’s simple to use because tem. This ground-to-air th ese handy gadgets. m issile found fam e during you just point the Airmouse at the next function T h e b asic gyroscope the Gulf War, saving many desired. ‘Our approach obsoletes other remote d esign h a s b een with u s for civilian lives by intercepting control technologies,’ states Jim Richards of nearly two centuries. It is and destroying the Iraqi norm ally u se d to detect the Selectech. ‘Trackballs are cumbersome, need SCU D missiles in midair. motion and position of two hands to operate and require considerable Such an amazing feat would expensive instruments in hand-eye coordination. With the Airmouse you not have been possible ships and airplanes. just point from anywhere in without the gyroscopes at Recent develop the room and push one but the heart of the Patriot's ments have radically ton. No other remote control guidance system and other reduced the c o st of or cordless mouse technol precision navigation equip the gyro sco p e and, ogy has achieved the natural ment. Don't try to block an consequently, oncoming SCU D with your and user-friendly feeling of expanded its poten gyro-mouse, though... the Airmouse.' Erm, quite! tial for m a ss THOSE W ERE THE DAYS THREE YEARS AGO • Populous suddenly arrived and changed the w ay m any players CABLE CORNER had pigeon-holed and disliked strategy games before. It promptly received a CU Superstar rating of 94% and the quote of ‘best Want to connect your Rombo Digitising Kit up to the gam e I have played yet on the Am iga' from staff writer Mark Scart socket ot your video recorder? M at Broomfield Patterson. Despite a slight hiccup with Flood, Bullfrog has gone has all the right connections... from strength to strength ever since. Is there ever going to be a Rombo's Com plete Colour Solution (CCS) is widely Populous III? regarded as one ol the best budget-priced digitising set-ups available. It allows the user to digitise single • Budding gam es writers were enthused by the launch of SEUCK, fram es or sequences in full colour from a video cam more commonly known a s the S hoot ‘E m Up Construction Kit, era or video recorder. from Sensible Software and Palace Software. After a liberal smat Linking a video cam era is usually a straightforward tering of effort and ingenuity, people with no understanding of job as most are equipped w ith the phono outputs programming could produce something along the lines of a bud required by CCS. Trouble arises, though, when you try get release. These days, it's been surpassed by the more to connect the equipm ent to a video recorder, as advanced AMOS range of gam es creation packages from although most newer machines include a phono out Europress Software. Nevertheless, SEUCK is still worth a look, put, many older m achines don’t. To get around this, and Gremlin have recently rereleased it on their GBH budget label you can m ake a suitable connector in less than five for less than a tenner. minutes. And, to m ake the lead, you'll require a m ale Scart plug, a fem ale phono plug, a short length of two • British Telecom put its respected entertainment software division core wire, a little solder and a soldering iron. up for sale after the b osses decided a shift in the corporate image A Scart plug has tw enty pins and Is commonly w as urgently required, and gam es didn't comfortably fit in with fax used to link video and m achines and Maureen Lipman T V adverts. T h e company that audio equipment. If you gave u s Elite, Carrier Command and Starglider II eventually buy blank plugs, the pin drifted into the hands of ‘Wild1 Bill Stealy at Microprose. are often provided unmounted from the TWO YEARS AGO plastic body, allowing • O ne of our spies discovered the Israeli armed forces were using you to simply insert the Amigas to train personnel on battleground tactics using custom ones you require. This Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMmade simulations of potential flare ups. Wonder if the Iraqi sce type of Scart plug is nario included SCUD-busters and stealth fighters? ideal and it m akes the necessary soldering much easier. • Software publishers were exceptionally busy this month, signing If you open the plug and remove its plastic casing, up som e top quality licenses including The Wombles (Alternative you'll notice that one corner form s a different angle Software), Total Recall and N arc (Ocean), Italy 1990 (U S Gold) to the others. Hold the plug so that it faces away and Red Phoenix (Mirrorsoft). We're still waiting to see the latter from you and so the odd corner is at the bottom right. game, which was based around the best-selling novel by Larry The two pins will be inserted into the top row at the Bond. Will it finally appear courtesy of Acclaim ? furthest two positions to the right. If you solder the two lengths of wire to these tw o pins and insert them • The C U Dem os Com po w as in full swing with the three knowl into these slots, we can now take a look at the phono edgeable judges revealing the work of Amiga artists they most c o n n e c to r . admired. One of the them, Robert Pepperel of video graphics out A fem ale phono plug is a circular socket like those fit Hardwire, rated Tobias Richter and the classic Walker demo. found at the back of the Amiga via which the sound is Pepperel recently tried his hands at a computer gam e with new transm itted either to a hi-fi or monitor. It has two comers Hex. The result, Top Banana, was seen on the popular points of contact formed by a m etal outer sheath and inner core, which are insulated from each other. Also, Gam esm aster T V show last month and praised for the trendy at the rear of the plug are tw o tin extensions to sampled soundtrack and a female character taking the leading role for once. which wires can be soldered. The longer of the tw o is an extension of the outer sheath, the other is part of ONE YEAR AGO the plug's core. Once you've soldered your wires onto the Scart • Thunderhawk, Core Design’s rip-roaring chopper sim, was origi plug, you must connect the phono plug and you’re nally going to be called Battlehawk. ready to go. Still viewing the Scart plug from behind, the left-hand w ire connects to the outer part of the • Although our Demo of the Month accolade went to the inspira phono plug, whilst the right one connects to the inner tional Japanese Culture Disk from ADS PD, Softville had an core. Once that's done, replace the case on the Scart animated space epic worthy of the award-winning graphics seen plug and you’re finished. in Origin’s W ing Com m ander for the IBM PC. • Lucasfilm Gam es' S ecret O t Monkey Island, set the pages of CU Am iga ablaze with brilliance. Brimming over with clever gags, Ever wanted a complete sound synthesis and processing studio? intriguing puzzles and gorgeous graphics, this is a must. Here's your chance. Synthia II will allow you lo create or modify sample instru ments tor use with nearly all Amiga music programs. Contact: The Other Guys, 55 North Main Street, Suite 301 -D, PO Box H, Logan, Utah 84321, USA. TOP 100 AMIGA GAMES * * * * * supreme * * * * excellent *** good * * fair * dodgy TOP TEN GAMES 1 Formula 1 Grand Prix (Mtcroprose) * * * * * £34.99 52 Giants Of Europe (Anco) £7.99 2 First Division Manager (Code Masters! * * * £7.99 53 Board Genius (Beau Jolly) * * £29.99 3 WWF Wrestlemania (Ocean| * * £25.99 54 Edd The Duck (Zeppelin) * £7.99 USA 4 Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (Virgin) * * * * * 55 F15 Strike Eagle 2 (Microprose) * * * * * £29.99 1 Civilisation (Microprose) £29.99 56 Soccer Stars Compilation (Empire) * * £25.99 2 Populous 2 (Electronic Arts) 5 Scooby Doo And Scrappy Doo (Hitec) * * £7.99 57 Terminator 2 (Ocean) * * £25.99 3 Secret Of Monkey Island 2 6 Birds Ot Prey (Electronic Arts) * * * * * £34.99 58 Dragon Ninja (Hit Squad) * £7.99 (Lucasfllm Games) 7 Ghouls and Ghosts (Kixx) * * * * * £7.99 59 Moonstone (Mindscape) * * * £30.99 4 Falcon 3.0 (Spectrum 8 Populous 2 (Electronic Arts) * * * * * £29.99 60 James Pond (GBH) * * * * £7.99 Holobyte) 9 Operation Thunderbolt (Hit Squad) * * * * £7.99 61 The Simpsons (Ocean) * * * £25.99 5 P-38 Lightning (Lucasfilm 10 Robocod (Millenium) * * * * * £25.99 62 Stunt Car Racer (Kixx) * * ★ * £7.99 Games) 11 Robocop 3 (Ocean) * * * £25.99 63 Battle Isle (Ubisott) * * * £30.99 6 Elvira II: Jaws of Cerberus 12 Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Gremlin) * * * * * £25.99 64 Ninja Collection (Ocean) * * £19.99 (Accolade) 7 SimAnt (Maxis) 13 International Ninja Rabbits (Micro Value) * £7.99 65 Renegade (Hit Squad) * * * £7.99 8 Eye Of The Beholder II (SSI) 14 Heimdall (Core Design) * * * * * £ 3 4 .9 9 66 2 Hot 2 Handle (Ocean) * £29.99 9 Birds Of Prey (Electronic 15 Wacky Races (Hitec) * * £7.99 67 Fun School 4 (7-11) (Europress) * * ★ £24.99 Arts) 16 Ultimate Golf (GBH Gold) * * * £9.99 68 Highway Patrol (Pocket Power) * £2.99 10 Legend Of Robin Hood: 17 Robocop (Ocean) * * * £7.99 69 F-16 Combat Pilot (Action 16) * * * * $9.99 Conquest Of Longbow (Sierra 18 World Cricket (Zeppelin) * * £7.99 70 Head Over Heels (Hit Squad) * * * * * £7.99 On-Line) 19 Football Crazy Challenge (Krisalis) * * £25.99 71 X-Out (Kixx) * * * * £7.99 Charts supplied by LOGIN maga 20 New Zealand Story (Hit Squad) * * * £7.99 72 Knights Of The Sky (Microprose) * * * * £34.99 zine in Japan 21 Another World (US Gold) * * * * * £25.99 73 North And South (Digital Intergration) * £7.99 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 22 Leander (Psygnosis) * * * * £25.99 74 Mega-Lo-Mania (Mirrorsoft) * * * * * £30.99 23 Shadow Of The Beast (Sizzlers) * * * £7.99 75 PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Alts) * * * * * £25.99 24 Fantasy World Dizzy (Code Masters) * * £6.99 76 Ice Hockey (Pocket Power) * £2.99 Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COM25 Lombard RAC Rally (Hit Squad) * £7.99 77 The Jetsons (Hitec) **£12.99 MAKE A DATE 26 Batman - The Movie (Hit Squad) * * * £7.99 78 Ninja Rabbits (Micro Value) * £6.99 April 2nd-5th 27 Wolfchild (Core Design) * * * £25.99 79 Football Manager (Pocket Power) * £2.99 AMIGA BERLIN 92 28 Dizzy Collection (Code Masters) ★ * * £24.99 80 Full Contact (Team 17) * * £9.99 Berlin 29 Altered Beast (Hit Squad) * £7.99 81 VideoKid (Gremlin) * * * £25.99 01049 8106 34094 30 Populous (Star Performers) * * * * * £10.99 82 The Godfather (US Gold) * * £30.99 31 Rick Dangerous (Kixx) * * * * £7.99 83 Lemmings (Psygnosis) * * * * £25.99 April 7th-1 Oth THE WHIctf COMPUTER FAIR 32 The Untouchables * * (Hit Squad) £7.99 84 R-Type (Hit Squad) * * * £7.99 NEC Birmingham 33 Abandoned Places (Electronic Zoo) * * * £29.99 85’Eye Of The Beyholder (US Gold) * * * * * £30.99 081 742 2828 34 PGA Tour Golf (Electronic Arts) * * * * * £25.99 86 Fun School 4 (5-7) (Europress) * * * £24.99 35 Bubble Bobble (Hit Squad) * * * ‘£7.99 87 Powermonger Data Disk (Electronic Arts) * * * * April 12th 36 Oh No More Lemmings (Psygnosis) * * * * £19.99 £14.99 ALL FORMATS FAIR Northumbria 37 Paperboy (E n co re)* ** * £7.99 88 Chicago '90 (Pocket Power) * £2.99 0926 613047 38 Double Dragon 2 (Tronix) * * £9.99 89 Ninja Warriors (Tronix) * * £9.99 39 Alien Breed (Team 17) * * * * £24.99 90 Tip Off (Anco) * * * £25.99 April 12th-14th 40 Return To Europe (Anco) * * * £7.99 91 Silent Service 2 (8eau Jolly) * * * £34.99 EUROPEAN COMPUTER TRADE 41 Pro Boxing (Code Masters) * * £7.99 92 Railroad Tycoon (Microprose) * * * * * £34.99 SHOW London 42 First Samurai (Mirrorsoft) * * * * * £30.99 93 Seconds Out (Pocket Power) * £2.99 081 868 4466 43 Microprose Golf (Microprose) * * * * £34.99 94 Home Alone (Accolade) * £24.99 44 Chase HQ (Hit Squad) * £7.99 95 Jump Jet (Pocket Power) * £2.99 April 26th 45 Little Puff (Code Masters) * £6.99 96 Las Vegas (Pocket Power) * £2.99 ALL FORMATS FAIR 46 Manchester United Europe (Hit Squad) * * * * £25.99 97 Toyota Celica Rally (GBH) * * * £7.99 Solihull 0926 613047 47 PGA Courses (Electronic A rts)* * * £14.99 98 4 Wheel Drive Compilation (Gremlin) * * £29.99 48 Knightmare (Mindscape) * * * * £30.99 99 Rugby The World Cup (Oomark) * * * * £24.99 May 16th 49 International Ice Hockey (Zeppelin) * * £7.99 100 Turrican (Kixx) * * * * * £7.99 ALL FORMATS FAIR 50 Monkey island (US Gold) * * * * * £29.99 Charts supplied by Gallup (071 794 0461) London 51 Cruise For A Corpse (US Gold) * * * * £27.99 ratings given by the CU Amiga team . 0926 613047 Is the CDTV really ‘nothing short of revolutionary’? And is its software making the most of the machine’s potential? CU takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly... DO AVERAGE * * POOR and a canine identification game. You ARTS & LEISURE can even hear R o v e r Bark! Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMO ut Soon. Advanced M ilitary Systems Gardenfax (series) Dominion £29.99 CDTV Publishing £34.99 each A rm chair adm irals, pillow pilots and R a n g e ot tour d isc s (Indoor Plan ts / couch corporals rejoice! Over 1,500 Garden Plants / Fruit, Vegetables and photographs accompanied by music and Herbs/Trees, Shrubs, Roses and narration reveal everything you've ever Coniters) for budding gardeners every wanted to know about the F-117A, where. Unless you frequently use the Stealth Fighter and other smart search facility, a good reference book weapons. * * * * makes more sense than installing your movies are covered along with 15,000 CDTV system in the potting shed.** Animals in Motion actors and 5,000 directors. Famous On-Line Entertainment £29.99 films also have high-quality posters and Women in Motion Photographic pioneer Edward photos of the sets. On-Line Entertainment £29.99 Muybridge must have spent an absolute O ut Soon. Fortunately, not a com pact d isc full of fortune on Kodak film for all those snap V iz ’s F at S la g s , but another compilation shots in his scrapbook. However, only of classic Edward Muybridge Victorian the most backward artists will see any photographs. Is it art or pornography? use in these bogus monochromatic Context Systems £tba Slightly better than A nim als in Motion, moving images of tigers, monkeys, Transform your hom e v id eo s with fun but will fem inists cam paign for the camels and so on. * title scre en s and com ic art. Sound release of Men in Motion? * * Studio is incorporated to add fanfares, Animated Colouring Book slapstick effects and applause. Can be Gold Disk £19.99 used with the CD1301 Genlock I D U C A T t j l Hey, it's just like playing with crayons on (£149.99) to mix C D T V im a ges with your TV screen. Hours of pure entertain video trom your cam corder. ment can be had from choosing O ut Soon. A Bun for Barney d isgusting colour com binations tor Multimedia Corporation £34.99 pictures of dogs, cats, and more. F id o fo x A ctor Tom B a ker ot D r W ho fam e pro C h e a p and cheerful if you’re Intersearch Systems £tba vides the narration for this interactive under five ye ars of a ge . * * Y ik e s, F id o la x ge ts our vote for animated storybook aimed at preschool cra zie st C D T V title so tar. T h is children. Kids can play games, make Cinemobilio ‘essential guide to choosing silly characters do funny things, and lis Media Sat Production £tba an d caring for your d o g’ com es ten to so n gs. W ords can be selected to An Interactive Dictionary of with 300 full colour pho hear how they should be pronounced. Film trom Italy? Over 30,000 tographs, three hours of audio *** Heather Hits Her First M ud Pud d le ENCYCLOPAEDIA Hom e Run Discis £34.99 Discis £34.99 Author Robert Munsch strikes back! ‘D iscis B o o ks are e a sy to use and they T h is time, Ju le A nn tries to e sca p e from show a child that learning can b e a fun the mud puddle that is chasing her. She *CDTV and rewarding experience,' assures a h a s to find a w ay to outsm art this dirty spokesperson for this Ontario-based son of a ditch. F o r children of six and com pany. W onder if we’ll spot H eather older. * G ets L a id in the future? Hmm, very Asterjx e» Fils Legm doubtful. * M y P a in t French (two discs) Saddleback Graphics £29.99 Eurotalk £29.95 each Japan World Com plete electronic colouring book with Over 60 minutes of spoken French from Topclass Technology £49.99 over 100 pictures to play with. Each is 30 characters, 400 full-colour cartoon Originally developed to enlighten accompanied by sounds and animated drawings and 1500 vocabulary items Derbyshire children on Japanese lan symbols for the painting tools, and some come on these two discs. Luckily, a guage and culture following Toyota’s of the drawings teach the alphabet and complete English translation of the text decision to build a £700 million car reading skills. Kids aged between three is also provided. Optional sound digitiser assembly plant in the county. Subjects and nine years of age should have and microphone improves your French covered range from history and geogra some laughs. * * * accent. O ut Soon. phy to art and travel, sport and food. Sh o w s how this sort of product should North Polar Expedition be done. Virgin Games £29.99 Snowbound role-playing adventure Eurotalk £tba for g roup s of five to ten people. Sim ilar to the A s te rix Learn French Sim ulates a journey to the pole with product. ‘W e have produced a lan pictures and sounds from real Arctic guage program that is so addictive expeditions. Can you make it to that e ve n la zy learners will want to safety before the ice-pack begins to use it over and over a gain,' in sists break up? * ★ * Andrew A sh e of Eurotalk. O ut Soon. The Paperbog Princess Bcjme^r B ear Goes to Discis £34.99 Robert Munsch gives your child Free Spirit Software £29.99 another dose of traditional fairy tale Storytime shows kids how to get fare served up in unique Discis fash Hi Quality Version Available on AMIGALAND.COMready for school while Schooltime ion. The twist? Our feisty princess allows them to select and play learn heroine must rescue an idle prince ing activities including spelling and from the nasty dragon. Will they live counting games, recognising shapes happily e ve r after? ★ * and yet another electronic colouring book. Far too American for most Scary Poems For tastes. * ★ Rotten Kids Discis £39.99 Bear Goes Youngsters are supposed to enjoy &%■ the Discis electronic books because Free Spirit Software £29.99 they are enhanced by a variety of real We’re quickly becoming totally sick of Engl voices, music and sound effects. S c a ry this brown fur ball and his cute antics. £34.99£34.9Jerlko Poems For Rotten Kids, for instance, T h is time unlucky children take a w alk in A French w ay to improve you r E n glish ? contains a blood-curdling scream at the North American countryside to learn You've got to be kidding! A 'cultural appropriate points in the verse. ★ * * about a nim als a n d , w ait for it, visit the approach' to the U K and U S A is taken ranger for so m e 'nature facts’. Yuk! * via a series of reports on daily life in The Tale of Peter Rabbit London and Los Angeles. Get the idea? Discis £39.99 C in d e re lla No, neither did we. ★ T h e se D iscis B o o ks a re a bit hard to Discls read at bedtime - or are they? T h e £39.99 Mind Run I/ll accompanying narration can be tweaked Original fairy story edited by Greg CDTV Publishing £29.99 each with variable pauses between phrases. Guderian. The ‘reader’ can click on any D esigned to fine-tune your pow ers of More than 15 million copies of the word in the text or on any item in a pic memory, logic and reflexes. Don’t original Peter Rabbit book ture to see additional information expect that th is se rie s of exe rcise s will have been sold since _ } including second language translations test your intellectual aptitude any more it w as first published in French, German, Italian and Spanish. than watching an episode of The b ack in 1 9 0 2 - w ill *** Krypton Factor. * this CD version sell as many? * * ★ Funschool 3 (two discs) Moving Gives Me A Europress Software £24.99 each Stomach Ache T h o m as' A refreshing change to see a bit of Discis £34.99 Sn ow su it British product in the growing CDTV There are presently ten titles available Discis £34.99 educational range. Top quality stuff for for the CDTV from Discis, this one is H urrah, the under fives or five-to-seven-year-olds. another case of ‘fine-if-you-like-that-sort- return of Mr Learning can be fun with animated skill of-thing.’ If only these electronic books M unsch. W hy w on’t tests in number, shape, and word recog didn’t look and sound so American... naughty T hom as nition. ★ ★ put h is dream y snowsuit on? Can his Mother, Teacher and Principal make him wrap up warm Battle C h e s s Interplay £44.99 tor th ose cold winter m onths ahead? First seen on Ihe Amiga, this action translation ol the classic boardgame has some stunning W ho c a re s anyw ay? Not us, that’s for su re. * enhancements over its predecessor. For starters, there's a 35 minute tutorial combining over 9,000 trames ot animation, sampled speech and a professionally-composed music score. This mini movie brings the history and rules ot chess to life. The text was researched by a ENTERTAINMENT TV script writer who managed to discover a little known fact that the Queen couldn't move around the board in ancient times. Interplay has also inserted more animated graphics and sound effects inside the game itself. Some ot the combat sequences have been reworked but All Dogs go to Heaven the humour remains intact. II you've never played this interpretation, each piece can actually Merit Software £34.99 walk around the chess board and destroy their opposition in spectacular fashion. Battlechess Help! It's another colouring book repack features 10 levels ol play and an opening library ol 30,000 moves. Take a look at the asking aged as a Talking Electric Crayon'. price, though. Ouch! ***** Based around the Sullivan Bluth ani mated feature film, telling the story of a streetwise German Shepherd. A bit of a flop, just like the original movie. * tainment’ title is cheap. Could be worth a look if fo ssils are your thing. E&5SM L? 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